Anne Bonny
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- "If you had fought like a man, you needn't be hanged like a dog."
- ―Anne Bonny speaking to Jack Rackham before his execution.[1]
Anne Bonny (8 March 1702 – 22 April 1782) was an Irish pirate born in Kinsale, Ireland during the early 18th century who operated out of the Caribbean. At some point, she had a relationship with the Assassin Edward Kenway.[2]
History
In October of 1720, Jack Rackham and his crew (including Bonny) was attacked by a "King's Ship", a sloop that was commissioned by the Governor of Jamaica, with the intent to take out Rackham. Being that most of the crew were drunk, many of the pirates provided little resistance, yet Bonny, Mary Read, and an unknown man fought to their full potential.
Eventually, the crew was imprisoned and sentenced to be hanged. Bonny and Read were only spared that fate because they were pregnant and thus British law prevented them from being executed. There is no historical record of either Bonny's release, or execution.
At the end of the game, just before the credits, Anne sings the Irish Folk song "The Parting Glass" to farewell Edward Kenway
Gallery
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Edward Kenway and Anne Bonny
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