Lifestyle Glitz - September Tranquility 2016

C A P T A I N B L A C K B E A R D
laying low when the British Navy attacked
him and his crew. Legend says it took five
gunshot wounds and twenty stab wounds
before he took his last breath. Romanticized
versions of Blackbeard have played in movies
like the “Pirates of the Caribbean” and
“Treasure Island” over the past years.
C A L I C O J A C K O R J O H N
R A C K A M
His birth name was Edward Teach but as a
pirate, he went by the name “Blackbeard.”
He intimidated his enemies with his long,
braided facial hair, slinging multiple daggers
and pistols across his upper body. He
captured a French slave ship in 1717, and
retitled the vessel to “Queen Anne’s Revenge.”
He reequipped 40 guns into it, and
with some extra firepower, he blockaded
the port of South Carolina and Charleston.
His demand was a large chest of medicines,
and until the people of the town provided
this, he continued occupying the area.
Blackbeard died a month later while
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