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Da Flyin’ Gang (The Flying Gang) established their Republic of Pirates in Nassau, New Providence; and throughout the Bahamas Islands in the eighteenth century. .

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Pirates

The Flying Gang

The Flying Gang was an 18th-century group of pirates who established themselves in Nassau, New Providence in The Bahamas after the destruction of Port Royal in Jamaica. The gang consisted of the most notorious and cunning pirates of the time, buccaneers who terrorized and pillaged the Caribbean until the Royal Navy and infighting brought them to justice.

They achieved great fame and wealth by raiding salvagers attempting to recover gold from the sunken Spanish treasure fleet. They established their own codes and governed themselves independent from any of the colonial powers of the time. Nassau was deemed the Republic of Pirates as it attracted many former privateers

The Flying Gang was one of the most influential groups of pirates alongside the Brethren of the Coast and one of the most powerful in the entire Golden Age of Piracy. The Society was run like a tight ship, underpinned by the same code of principles employed by pirates while they were at sea. They included:

⦁ Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach
⦁ ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham
⦁ Charles Vane
⦁ Stede Bonnet
⦁ Olivier Levasseur
⦁ Benjamin Hornigold
⦁ Henry Jennings
⦁ Anne Bonny
⦁ Mary Read
⦁ Black Caesar
⦁ Samuel ‘Black Sam’ Bellamy
⦁ Paulsgrave Williams

Female Pirates

While piracy was a predominantly male occupation, some pirates were women.

On some ships, women were prohibited by the ship’s contract, which all crew members were required to sign.  Because of some resistance to allowing women on board, a number of female pirates did not identify themselves as such and disguised themselves as men. Many women pretended to be pirates during the Golden Age of Piracy in an effort to take advantage of the many rights, privileges, and freedoms that were exclusive to men.Despite that, worldwide here is a list of infamous female pirates

⦁ Ann Bonny
⦁ Mary Read
⦁ Zheng Ii Sao
⦁ Jacquotte Delahaye
⦁ Grace O’Malley
⦁ Anne Dieu-Le-Veut

⦁ Rachell Wall
⦁ Sadie Farrell
⦁ Sayyida al Hurra
⦁ Mary Wolverston
⦁ Queen Teuta
⦁ Jeanne de Clisson

Black Caesar

Black Caesar, according to traditional accounts, was a prominent African tribal war chieftain. Widely known for his “huge size, immense strength and keen intelligence,” he evaded capture from many different slave traders.

He reputedly had a harem on his island, having at least 100 women seized from passing ships, as well as a prison camp where he kept prisoners in stone huts hoping to ransom them. Caesar’s Rock, one of three islands located north of Key Largo, is reportedly named after him, as is a channel there called Caesar’s Creek.

Caesar served aboard Blackbeard’s flagship Queen Anne’s Revenge. He was still with Blackbeard in 1718 when the pirates were cornered by Lieutenant Maynard. Taken prisoner by Virginian colonial authorities, Caesar, was tried for piracy but was acquitted.