006 At the Point of a Cutlass
Ben Franklin's World
English - November 04, 2014 05:00 - 38 minutes - 27.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 988 ratingsHistory Society & Culture americanrevolution benfranklin history benjaminfranklin colonialamerica earlyamericanhistory earlyamericanrepublic earlyrepublic education ushistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Arrr, so ye like pirates do ye?
Did ye know that as much as 33% of pirate crews were made up of captured seamen, not pirates?
We’ll be talking about the “Golden Age” of pirates in this here episode of Ben Franklin’s World with historian and pirate expert Gregory N. Flemming, author of the new book At the Point of a Cutlass: The Pirate Capture, Bold Escape, and Lonely Exile of Philip Ashton.
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