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Early life
Mary Read was born in London to the widow of a sea captain. When Mary's older brother, the legitimate child in the family, died, Mary's mother began to disguise her as a boy, so as not to lose the financial support the child received from his paternal grandmother. The grandmother was apparently fooled, and Read and her mother lived on the inheritance into her teenage years. Still dressed as a boy, Read then found work as a footboy but became bored with the position and instead found employment aboard a ship. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
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However, excessive amounts of abuse led her to jump ship and join the British military. Read proved herself through battle and fell in love with a fellow sailor. She and the sailor married and, with his military commission, opened an inn named "The Three Horseshoes".
For the first time in her life, Read lived life as a woman. She and her new husband lived happily until his tragic death, at which time Read again returned to military service disguised as a man, using her husband's clothes. But the military had lost its spark to Read, so she quit and boarded a ship bound for the West Indies. The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...
Capture by pirates, and becoming a pirate While at sea, Read's ship was attacked and captured by the notorious pirate "Calico" Jack Rackham and his companion, the female pirate Anne Bonny. Jack Rackham, commonly known as Calico Jack, was a pirate captain during the 18th century. ...
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Read, still dressed as a man, was soon recruited to Rackham's crew where she became familiar with Bonny. She and Bonny became close companions, and one day Bonny walked in on Read undressing and thus accidentally discovered her secret. Although Charles Johnson in A General History of the Pyrates indicates that at first their companionship was of a romantic nature, it is not known if this is indeed a fact.[1] The two women did quickly become close friends, and Bonny swore not to reveal that Read was really a woman. However, Read's true gender did not remain hidden for long. Rackham became suspicious of Bonny's close relationship with the new sailor and demanded an explanation, whereupon Read confessed that she was actually a woman, and proved this fact to him by revealing her breasts. Rackham allowed her to stay on as a member of his crew.[1][2] Author of A General History of the Robberies and Murders Of the most notorious Pyrates (1724), his true identity remains a mystery. ...
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ṃ==Battles== Mary Read fell in love with one of the pirates. But that pirate got in a quael with another more experienced and older pirate and set a duel for the next day. But Mary, knowing that he stood no chance against him started a quarrel with the older man and challenged him to a duel before the duel with Mary's lover. So the following day they were fighting for some time when the older woman tried to thrust hers word at Mary. He missed and stumbled. If it weren't for what Mary did next, he would have recovered. What Mary did was she ripped her shirt open, revealing her gender. The pirate hesitated and and was very shocked. In that moment of his hesitation, she quickly grabbed his cutlass and with one her cutlass cut his neck to the point where his head could have rolled off. It was a victory for her and the man lay on the ground grasping at his bloody neck. Mary found out that the pirate she loved was a very courageous man. When it was time for his and the older man's duel, he showed up on time, was confident, and was waiting nervously.
Capture and imprisonment In October 1720, the troops of pirate hunter Captain Barnet took them by surprise, and captured Rackham and his crew on behalf of the governor of Jamaica. Rackham and the majority of his crew were extremely drunk, and didn't put up much resistance, many being passed out in the ship's hold. Read and Bonny, however, did resist. But outgunned, their resistance did not last long. // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ...
Rackham and his crew were sentenced to hang for acts of piracy, but Read and Bonny both "pled their bellies" (claimed to be pregnant) and received a stay of execution. It is unknown whether they were really pregnant or if they invented the story to delay their executions, but according to the latest History Channel documentary, airing July 9, 2006, it is now believed that both women were in fact pregnant. Read was believed to have been pregnant by either Captain Jack Rackham or an unknown pirate who was a love interest and member of Rackham's crew. Bonny was believed to have been pregnant by either her long time lover Captain Jack Rackham, or by Doctor Michael Radcliff, a former victim of one of their raids who was saved from death by Bonny. Pleading the belly was a common defence in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. ...
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Read died in early 1721 while in prison, either by fever or during child birth. Bonny disappeared from the historical record, possibly having been bought out of prison by her wealthy and prominent father. Year 1721 (MDCCXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
References in pop culture - Mary Read and Anne Bonney are prominently featured in the Off-Broadway play A Pirate's Lullaby.
- Read and Bonney are main characters in the webcomic Sea Monsters by Gwendolyn Meer.
- Read and Bonney are featured in the 11th movie of the Detective Conan anime series, Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure.
- Bonny and Read are featured in Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
- The 2002 board game Pirate's Cove published by Days of Wonder contains the 6 legendary pirate cards one of which is Anne Bonny & Mary Read.
- The singer Duncan McFarlane has written a song called 'Mary Read' which recounts her life.
- The Italian band Secret Sphere has a song, "Under the Flag of Mary Read" on their album A Time Never Come
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References - ^ a b A General History of the Pyrates, by Captain Charles Johnson.
- ^ Biography at Pirates Info.
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