Blackbeard and Piracy in 18th Century
Shanna Daniel, a conservator on the Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck project, talked about Blackbeard and his acts of piracy in the early 18th century. Queen Anne's Revenge was the flagship of Edward Teach, the pirate commonly known as "Blackbeard."
Description
Shanna Daniel, a conservator on the Queen Anne’s Revenge Shipwreck project, talked about Blackbeard and his acts of piracy in the early 18th century. Queen Anne’s Revenge was the flagship of Edward Teach, the pirate commonly known as “Blackbeard.”
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Describe the origins of Edward Teach, also known as Edward Thatch?
- What was the Middle Passage?
- What was “La Concorde” and what did it become? According to Ms. Daniel, what was believed to be the the significance of its new name?
- What was the Charleston Blockade? What were Blackbeard’s demands? According to Ms. Daniel, what is theorized to be the reason for his running aground at Topsail Inlet?
- Describe the outcome of Blackbeard’s battle at Ocracoke Inlet.
Participants
Vocabulary
- Benjamin Honigold
- Charleston Blockade
- Deposition
- Edward Teach
- Flagship
- Frigate
- La Concorde
- Middle Passage
- Notorious
- Pillage
- Privateer
- Queen Anne’s War
- Sloop
- Stede Bonnet