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{{Quote|A new captain has come to Nassau, & I do not like him. Abel Bramah is his name, & he has the look of a scoundrel about him. I understand the humour what may be found in myself using that term. It is, as they say, the pot calling the kettle black.|Edward Thatch, chronicling his opinion of Bramah in his personal journal, 5 January 1714.|Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Blackbeard - The Lost Journal}} | |||
'''Abel Bramah''' (unknown – June 1715) was a [[Piracy|pirate]] captain of a [[brig]] known as the ''[[Jacobite]]'', operating in the [[Caribbean]] by 1714. | |||
Abel arrived in [[Nassau]] around January 1714. He was immediately disliked by the pirate [[Edward Thatch]].<ref name="Journal">''[[Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Blackbeard - The Lost Journal]]</ref> In June 1715, his vessel was traveling past [[Cape Bonavista]], in western [[Cuba]], when it was attacked by a [[Royal Navy]] [[frigate]], [[HMS Intrigue|HMS ''Intrigue'']]. Bramah's crew managed to demast the attacking vessel, but the captain himself was killed by the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Duncan Walpole]], who had been a passenger aboard the [[United Kingdom|British]] warship.<ref name="Black Flag">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> | |||
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==Personality and characteristics== | |||
{{Quote|Nobody but his own mother was going to mourn our captain's passing.|Edward Kenway regarding Bramah's death|Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (novel)}} | |||
Abel was a harsh and cruel man, fond of personally flogging his crew members and marooning them, which he referred to as ''"making a man a governor of his own island"''. For this, he was hated by his crew.<ref name="Novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (novel)]]</ref> | |||
Other pirates such as Edward Thatch also disliked him,<ref name="Journal"/> advising his fellow pirate Edward Kenway not to join his crew.<ref name="Novel"/> | |||
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Revision as of 22:38, 6 September 2014
- "A new captain has come to Nassau, & I do not like him. Abel Bramah is his name, & he has the look of a scoundrel about him. I understand the humour what may be found in myself using that term. It is, as they say, the pot calling the kettle black."
- ―Edward Thatch, chronicling his opinion of Bramah in his personal journal, 5 January 1714.[src]
Abel Bramah (unknown – June 1715) was a pirate captain of a brig known as the Jacobite, operating in the Caribbean by 1714.
Abel arrived in Nassau around January 1714. He was immediately disliked by the pirate Edward Thatch.[1] In June 1715, his vessel was traveling past Cape Bonavista, in western Cuba, when it was attacked by a Royal Navy frigate, HMS Intrigue. Bramah's crew managed to demast the attacking vessel, but the captain himself was killed by the Assassin Duncan Walpole, who had been a passenger aboard the British warship.[2]
Personality and characteristics
- "Nobody but his own mother was going to mourn our captain's passing."
- ―Edward Kenway regarding Bramah's death[src]
Abel was a harsh and cruel man, fond of personally flogging his crew members and marooning them, which he referred to as "making a man a governor of his own island". For this, he was hated by his crew.[3]
Other pirates such as Edward Thatch also disliked him,[1] advising his fellow pirate Edward Kenway not to join his crew.[3]
Gallery
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Duncan Walpole assassinating Bramah
