What Happened to the Women Pirates After Capture Will Leave You Speechless

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What chance did a woman truly have in a naval courtroom, a place ruled by men who saw piracy itself as unnatural for her kind? The answer, as history coldly shows, was almost none. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the so-called golden age of piracy, female captives stood before courts already convinced of their guilt. The British Admiral Ty courts w... Read More