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| She posed as a male pirate under the name of '''James Kidd''', an illegitimate son of the late [[William Kidd]], and was one of the founding members of the pirate republic at [[Nassau]]. | | She posed as a male pirate under the name of '''James Kidd''', an illegitimate son of the late [[William Kidd]], and was one of the founding members of the pirate republic at [[Nassau]]. |
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| ==Early life<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Read&action=edit§ion=1 edit]]</span>==
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| <p style="line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">Mary Read was illegitimately born in England, in the late 17th century, to the widow of a sea captain.</p>
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| <p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">Her date of birth is disputed among historians because of a reference to the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Ryswick Peace of Ryswick]" by her contemporary biographer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Charles_Johnson Captain Charles Johnson] in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_General_History_of_the_Pyrates A General History of the Pyrates]''. He very well may have made an error, intending to refer to the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Utrecht Treaty of Utrecht]". Whichever it is, her birth was anywhere from 1670-1698.</p>
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| <p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">Read's mother began to disguise illegitimately born Mary as a boy after the death of Mary's older, legitimate brother Mark. This was done in order to continue to receive financial support from his paternal grandmother. The grandmother was apparently fooled, and Read and her mother lived on the inheritance into her teenage years. Still dressed as a boy, Read then found work as a footboy, and later found employment on a ship.</p>
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| <p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">She later joined the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_military British military], allied with Dutch forces against the French (this could have been during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Years_War Nine Years War] or during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession War of the Spanish Succession]). Read, in male disguise, proved herself through battle, but she fell in love with a Flemish soldier. When they married, she used their military commission and gifts from intrigued brethren in arms as a funding source to acquire an inn named "De drie hoefijzers" (The Three Horseshoes") near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breda_Castle Breda Castle] in The Netherlands.</p>
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| <p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;font-family:sans-serif;">Upon her husband's early death, Read resumed male dress and military service in Holland. With peace, there was no room for advancement, so she quit and boarded a ship bound for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies West Indies].</p>
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| ==Becoming a pirate<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Read&action=edit§ion=2 edit]]</span>==
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| Read's ship was taken by pirates, who forced her to join them. She took the King's pardon c.1718-1719, and took a commission to privateer, until that ended with her joining the crew in mutiny. In 1720 she joined pirate John "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_Jack Calico Jack]" Rackham and his companion, the female pirate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bonny Anne Bonny].
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| <p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;">Read remained dressed as a man at first. Nobody knew that Read was female until Bonny began to take a liking to Read thinking she was a handsome young fellow. That forced Read to reveal to Bonny that she was a woman. Rackham, who was Bonny's lover, became jealous of the intimacy between them and threatened to cut the throat of Bonny's new paramour. To prevent Read's death, Rackham was also let in on the secret; following, Rackham decided to break male seafaring tradition by allowing both women to remain on the crew.</p>
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| <p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;">During their brief cruise in late 1720, they took several prisoners and forced them into useful service. Read fell in love with one such victim who was surprised to learn that she was a woman and eventually returned the affection. When one of the pirates challenged her lover to a duel, Read contrived a secret duel to occur a couple hours earlier. She killed the pirate before he could bring any harm to her lover, whom she called "husband" as they made vows to each other in absence of a minister.</p>
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| [[Category:Individuals]] | | [[Category:Individuals]] |
