In contemporary records his name is most often given as Blackbeard, Edward Thatch or Edward Teach the latter is most often used. It is commonly believed that at the time of his death he was between 35 and 40 years old and thus born in about 1680. Little is known about Blackbeard's early life. He was romanticized after his death and became the inspiration for an archetypal pirate in works of fiction across many genres. Teach was a shrewd and calculating leader who spurned the use of violence, relying instead on his fearsome image to elicit the response that he desired from those whom he robbed. Spotswood arranged for a party of soldiers and sailors to capture him on 22 November 1718, following a ferocious battle, Teach and several of his crew were killed by a small force of sailors led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard. However, he was soon back at sea, where he attracted the attention of Alexander Spotswood, the Governor of Virginia. He parted company with Stede Bonnet and settled in Bath, North Carolina, also known as Bath Town, where he accepted a royal pardon. He then ran Queen Anne's Revenge aground on a sandbar near Beaufort, North Carolina. He formed an alliance of pirates and blockaded the port of Charles Town, South Carolina, ransoming the port's inhabitants. His nickname derived from his thick black beard and fearsome appearance he was reported to have tied lit fuses ( slow matches) under his hat to frighten his enemies. Teach captured a French slave ship known as La Concorde, renamed her Queen Anne's Revenge, equipped her with 40 guns, and crewed her with over 300 men. Their numbers were boosted by the addition to their fleet of two more ships, one of which was commanded by Stede Bonnet but Hornigold retired from piracy toward the end of 1717, taking two vessels with him.
Hornigold placed him in command of a sloop that he had captured, and the two engaged in numerous acts of piracy. Little is known about his early life, but he may have been a sailor on privateer ships during Queen Anne's War before he settled on the Bahamian island of New Providence, a base for Captain Benjamin Hornigold, whose crew Teach joined around 1716. 1680 – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies.
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