Jack Rackham
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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 from 1718 to 1720.
In 1718, Rackham led a mutiny against Charles Vane and Edward Kenway while raiding a Spanish slaving ship, marooning the two men on Isla Providencia. He then took control of the Jackdaw and planned on selling Adéwalé into slavery. However, due to his poor captaincy skills, Rackham barely lasted two months at sea before 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 Port Royal, 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 in that state.
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Benjamin Hornigold, Edward Kenway and Jack Rackham
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Concept art of Jack Rackham
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