TURNING THE TIDE
Oct 28, 2021
3 minutes
WORDS: EMMA
SLATTERY WILLIAMS
During late 17th and early 18th centuries, the Royal Navy waged war against pirates, doing everything within its control to try and bring criminals to justice. In fact, the English (and, from 1707, British) authorities even went so far as to offer pardons to some of the worst offenders, so keen were they for the heinous practice to end.
But for the wider public, pirates often came to be viewed as folk heroes; as mythical and dashing rogues, rather than murderous thieves. This created a strange
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