The Whydah Pirates Speak

Not all pirates were Blackbeard. But their stories are no less compelling. Here are true stories of men who, some by choice and some by force, sailed with Sam Bellamy and Olivier Levasseur on the Whydah Galley or in consort with it and terrorized the seas as pirates. Most wouldn't survive the experience. Included is a copy of a real pirate trial transcript and a recounting of the conversations the Rev. Cotton Mather had with the condemned as they were led to the gallows.