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'''Jack Rackham''' (27 December 1682 – 18 November 1720), more commonly known as '''Calico Jack''', was a [[Piracy|pirate]] captain who sailed the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] during the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. | '''Jack Rackham''' (27 December 1682 – 18 November 1720), more commonly known as '''Calico Jack''', was a [[Piracy|pirate]] captain who sailed the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] during the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. | ||
In 1718, Rackham led a mutiny against [[Charles Vane]] and [[Edward Kenway]] while raiding a Spanish slaving ship, marooning the two men on [[Isla Provindencia]]. He took control of the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' and planned on selling [[Adewale]] into slavery. Rackham barely lasted two months after accepting Governor [[Woodes Rogers]]' pardon, as Edward returned to [[Great Inagua]], where Rackham was left tied up by Adewale and [[Mary Read]]. | |||
After his execution by the [[United Kingdom|British]] in 1720, his body was left in a {{Wiki|Gibbeting|gibbet}} outside the fort at [[Kingston]], and was visited a year later by [[Edward Kenway]] during his escape from prison. Edward confessed that despite Jack's failings as both a sailor and a friend, it dismayed him to see him like that. | After his execution by the [[United Kingdom|British]] in 1720, his body was left in a {{Wiki|Gibbeting|gibbet}} outside the fort at [[Kingston]], and was visited a year later by [[Edward Kenway]] during his escape from prison. Edward confessed that despite Jack's failings as both a sailor and a friend, it dismayed him to see him like that. | ||
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Jack Rackham (27 December 1682 – 18 November 1720), more commonly known as Calico Jack, was a pirate captain who sailed the West Indies during the Golden Age of Piracy.
In 1718, Rackham led a mutiny against Charles Vane and Edward Kenway while raiding a Spanish slaving ship, marooning the two men on Isla Provindencia. He took control of the Jackdaw and planned on selling Adewale into slavery. Rackham barely lasted two months after accepting Governor Woodes Rogers' pardon, as Edward returned to Great Inagua, where Rackham was left tied up by Adewale and Mary Read.
After his execution by the British in 1720, his body was left in a gibbet outside the fort at Kingston, and was visited a year later by Edward Kenway during his escape from prison. Edward confessed that despite Jack's failings as both a sailor and a friend, it dismayed him to see him like that.
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Benjamin Hornigold, Edward Kenway and Rackham
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