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Pirate Wench Costume – Fancy Being A Fancy Dress Pirate Then Think About Anne Bonny
The Golden age of piracy was thought to begin around 1650 through to 1720. It thrived because of the general lawlessness on the high seas at the time. As soon as the Royal Navy and other European fleets started to make their presence felt, primarily in the Atlantic ocean but also the Mediterranean and Indian oceans, many pirates soon either sort a new gig or felt the bite of the hempen halter (and more besides).
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This period has gone through all manner of revisions thanks to books like Treasure Island, movies like the Pirates Of The Caribbean and even kids shows like Captain Pugwash. The prevailing image of these Pirates now is of a band of rascals engaged in swashbuckling adventures that usually ended pleasantly in an Inn or a beer or rum punch. The sanitized version in fact.
In reality, most pirates were outlaws, thugs and in many people's eyes criminals that warranted the death sentence. And some of the legendary pirate captains were nasty pieces of work with few redeeming features.
Hey, but why let the truth ruin a good story and anyway, you're looking for a pirate wench costume so what does all this reality have to do with dressing up like a pirate ? Well I did a spot of research when looking at pirate costumes and to my surprise I found out that there were female pirates. Not heaps, but some were extremely successful. And others had stories of their own well worth telling. Maybe you can use their tales to inspire you in your next fancy dress party or Halloween event.
And one of the most famous female pirates was Anne Bonny. Her story is told in the book “A General History of the Pyrates” written by someone called Captain Charles Johnson.
It tells that Anne was born in County Cork in Ireland. It recounts how her family effectively emigrated to the new world and South Carolina, because of some indiscretions by her father. Her father thrived in the new world and made a fortune in tobacco.
So Anne was brought up in relative comfort and luxury. But as she grew into womanhood, she got involved with the wrong crowd (a timeless story). This came to a head with her marraige to a low level pirate who went by the name Bonny. And although the details are not totally clear, it appears that they managed to burn her family's home down. Whoops.
They left South Carolina under a rather heavy cloud and ended up in the Caribbean. They found a new home on the Bahamas, that was the center of the pirate world at the time. This let Anne mingle and mix with pirates at the abundant pirate drinking holes in the main port. It was also during this time that she and her husband's relationshop founded on the craggy rocks. She fell in with a man known as John “Calico Jack” Rackham (great name!) who was a known pirate and had a sloop.
The new couple left on the sloop and Anne Bonny became a full blown pirate (probably not a wench though as she seemed to be pretty strong willed).
Anne lived as a man in front of the crew. She was disguised in men' clothing to preserve her identity from the rest of the crew. Only Rackham who she was involved with, and another female pirate, knew her true identity.
Rackham's band of scurvy seadogs performed many acts of piracy, generally on Spanish galleons, laden with gold and other precious items from the colonies. It is believed that Anne distinguished herself well during their missions. However the sloop was eventually engaged by a Royal Navy vessel and the pirates were arrested.
Rackham and many of the other pirates were hanged but Anne Bonny pleaded her belly. She claimed she was pregnant and that forbade the law from enforcing her own hanging sentence. After that, her story runs dry. What became of her remains a mystery, some say she died in prison, others say she returned to the bosom of her family in South Carolina. Whatever the truth, her tale may inspire you at your next pirate wench costume party.
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