Black Caesar

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Caesar, later known as Black Caesar, was a West African pirate who operated during the Golden Age of Piracy, serving aboard Edward Thatch's frigate Queen Anne's Revenge in 1718. Caesar once recruited a group in Nassau in order to free his shipmates that had been imprisoned aboard a slaver vessel. He indirectly participated in the crew's fight against the Royal Navy's ambush by Lieutenant Robert Maynard that killed Thatch, with the ship's scribe Charles Johnson recording that Thatch ordered Caesar to station himself in the gunpowder hold and light it at his command should the battle turn against them.

Being below-deck, he did not see Thatch die, and when the Royal Navy informed him of this, he threatened to follow through with his orders and blow up the ship until two captured crewmen persuaded him with much effort not to do so. Virginian authorities acquitted Caesar's charges of piracy, but because he was also mistakenly recorded as having been hanged, his whereabouts after were subject of much speculation, with some saying he accepted work from the state Governor Alexander Spotswood and others that he became a tradesman and lived past the age of 70.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game – Legacy of the Brotherhood (mentioned only)