Off the Plank: The Pirate and the Preacher
Off the Path
English - July 05, 2024 14:33 - 16 minutes - 22.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsNews Society & Culture Personal Journals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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William Fly’s pirate career was short and brutal — and his death in 1726 is sometimes considered to mark the end of the days when pirates ruled the Atlantic. It began with a mutiny — led to a last-ditch conversion attempt — and ended with a gruesome display on an island in Boston Harbor.