Bartholomew 'Black Bart' Roberts: The Last True Pirate (Pirate History Explained)

Bartholomew Roberts was considered to be the most successful pirate who ever lived, and that's no exaggeration. He dominated the seas and would be remembered as the last pirates to close the curtain on the golden age of piracy.
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[@dtill5322]

Bartholomew Roberts was such a cool, cold, calm and calculated killer indeed at sea. His lavishingly style of fashion/dress and drinking of tea. As well as other oddly peculiar behavioral traits. I found them to be very interesting and animated about him. A superficial persona indeed for a pirate of his stature.

[@floydpink4077]

is that so Darren till?

[@lockandloadlikehell]

^^ THAT is the most exquisitely-crafted paragraph I've ever witnessed online, or on paper. I'm *shook*

[@genevieve-x8f]

@@lockandloadlikehell It was indeed well written but you must not read often for it to be deemed the best you've ever witnessed.

[@ricoco7891]

D Till How is his persona superficial?

[@MrSilus2000]

Even if it's all made up it's inspiring.

[@FOXTROT2013]

Only the Sage knows the whereabouts of the observatory

[@karandullet380]

October 16th yes he do

[@karandullet380]

October 16th Assassins want to know your location

[@karandullet380]

October 16th Templar’s want to know your location

[@Agent0section]

October 16th 😂😂😂😂

[@Ghostcyborg71]

69

[@LeeRenthlei]

"A short life and a merry one"

[@ShadesApeDJansu]

indeed black Barto, indeed

[@Nyctophora]

"After a while, the life of a pirate grew on Roberts." "Pirate is it? There's lovely."

[@fatefulbrawl5838]

Black beard and Bartholomew roberts, are true pirates!🗡

[@heidibevan1916]

I really liked this vid & I like the thought of the Captain & the first mate talking Welsh to each other 😊😊😊😊 nice one 😊

[@thelegendsofhistory]

Lol thought you might like that. Thanks for watching! :)

[@heidibevan1916]

The Legends of History 😂😂😂😂

[@yankeeforcestudios5431]

He’s probably my favorite pirate only to be rivaled by Blackbeard, and this is because of not only all the reasons in this video, but also because he’s like the only historical figure to share my birthday.

[@stephenmcdonagh2795]

But Black Barty took four hundred ships compared with Blackbeard's twenty.

[@jurtra9090]

My favorite Royal Shichibukai with a weird palm that can repel anything, including Air and Pain

[@thumbbringer7120]

I wonder if the movie The Princess Bride got the dread pirate Roberts from this pirate. Great video.

[@thelegendsofhistory]

I think he might've inspired the character in some way

[@gemanderson8162]

This was my ancestor, John Roberts from Wales, I am a direct descendant, I grew up with my grandma telling me stories about him, my grandmas maiden name was Janet Robert's.

[@Xenotypic]

care to relate some stories?

[@axearttv7022]

just some guy with no mustache you’re everywhere

[@plainandsimple571]

This is my ancestor as well.. a great however many grandfather.. crazy

[@CountHasting]

Ok sure Buddy

[@jairamsahu1710]

He is a sage and folks said he knows the location of observatory. He is the husband of a precursor.

[@ezt_gamer3408]

HMS swallow is one of my favorites ships

[@blasterelforg7276]

Regarding Roberts' burning the slave ship with slaves still aboard, this goes back to experiences during his childhood. He started his seafaring career as a boy aboard his father's merchant ship that was captured by pirates off the coast of East Africa. The survivors now without a ship were then captured by native Africans who either killed all adults or boiled them alive in large pots and cannibalized them. Only Roberts and another boy survived the ordeal. Roberts remained marooned for several years until rescued by another passing ship.

[@Unkown5536]

You have a source?

[@CountHasting]

​@@Unkown5536Well, if you do a little research, you can find out.

[@Miranda-vw6vz]

Love all your videos! Question, are you going to be covering Davey Jones? 👍✌

[@thelegendsofhistory]

Thanks so much :) Yes, I have some plans to cover Pirate mythology so he'll make an appearance. Stay tuned xD

[@bouwewinter5927]

I love your videos! Finaly a channel that covers pirate history

[@sgtrock68]

Bullet proof AND immune to guns?? That's a man that runs from a knife fight I guess. Sorry, it just stuck me funny. I love your pirate history videos!

[@evandavid2816]

Barti Ddu o Casnewydd Fach...!!! (Any Welsh readers of T. Llew Jones' book about Roberts here...?).

[@rolyngeorges7315]

I absolutely love pirates and your videos are awesome.

[@shinokaminamikaze]

Bartholomew kuma yes

[@NotaBizarreJoJo]

I would love to hear you narrate a documentary on Animal Planet.

[@thelegendsofhistory]

Haha! Maybe one day xD Thanks for watching!

[@Kushbabu]

Me too

[@ACarpenter89]

I like this Pirate.

[@blessed18888]

Enjoying your pirate collection tfs.

[@wolfpackforge8474]

Is the the same Roberts depicted in the movie the Princess Bride?

[@thelegendsofhistory]

I think he served as inspiration for the character, though I'm not sure.

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

I'm just here because of Gibi pirate ASMR.

[@francisco4benites]

the victory is the creator of history and I don't think black bart burned those slaves I think it was a way to ruin his name and it works cuz his name isn't mention with out what they claim he did rather than all the other amazing things he really did do

[@MrSilus2000]

They can't even quote people accurately from last week. This drone education condition us to accept this shit as acceptable

[@yathishbl3757]

This video does not cover about him being a sage and about the observatory at all

[@captaingray5455]

That’s my Great great great great great grandfather

[@carldeithorn3450]

Bartholomew Roberts was my ancestor. On my maternal grandfather's side. He was a Welsh, Roberts descended from the same family line as "Black Bart". He was a mine safety inspector and payroll handler for the Westmoreland Coal Co. and kept quiet about that little detail of his family history, but our family all knew. I take exception with the notion that Bart was actually a woman in disguise. LOAD OF BULLSHIT! ✌

[@MrSilus2000]

Most of history is corrupted.

[@ShadesApeDJansu]

Trans part made me chuckle almost since i was offended by it, he made the crew swear oath on the bible and this was made to sully his name. My favorite anime about pirates One Piece does infact have "crossdresser/trans" pirates so i dont mind the thought, but let's stick to the truth.He is featured in large role on One Piece named "Bartholomew Kuma" and is good guy with a tragic end, allways carrying the bible

[@jt0094]

Well thats funny because Bartholomew Roberts aka black Bart is my best mate and I’ve just asked him but he said you stink and aren’t his ancestor!

[@chancetarei3157]

@@jt0094 your a bot am tripping on life , your my deck hand for my pirate ship get to sweeping before i have you off the ship 😂😂

[@brettharding6316]

You're all pathetic

[@russellmaroonshoatz9938]

With all due respect THANK YOU!!!! For this video... Yet so many facts that are unknown... From my research most pirates were at war with the colonial forces/the state and slave owners. Black Bart was actually a Black man/navigator from Europe. Most history about pirates excludes slave ship rebellions. Its not a mutiny these slave /pirates have stole a colonizer's ship and without question are some of the bravest of all pirates. The freedom fighter "Pro Se" lawyer Sengbe Pieh (Cinque) of The Amistad uprising(1839) Stole the ship went to the supreme court WON and returned to Africa. The little George uprising of (1730) was well documented by the captain who speaks about the pirates ingenuity...

[@levisaaf9250]

Do a dutch pirate next. Plz

[@juliesczesny90]

I find that only those who are jealous of a character, start slandering them, at the time. Captain Black Bart Roberts is an ancestor of mine. His wife raised their kids on land, and that's history.

[@ultra_axe7812]

The sage?

[@KingKeaneTV]

Yes, The Sage.

[@ultra_axe7812]

Yanky Ahhh, The sage.

[@HxH2011DRA]

Sounds like a fun guy

[@thelegendsofhistory]

I know right?!

[@nathanroberts355]

He is my great great grandfather

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

This guy was a Myer-Briggs personality was a ENTJ.

[@shannonm3841]

i like Vampire pirate at 4:00

[@wolfdog7265]

Great story, and certainly the most memorable pirate, but the Whydah was Black Sam Bellamy’s ship. Not Roberts.

[@StopFear]

It does not help that the video displays those ridiculous cartoonish fantasy pirate depictions.

[@changsiah2]

You know aside from assassin's Creed I know this guy from fate

[@mdjambazky4968]

Not many people know, but his real (real) name was Aita. He was from a race that was here before us. Afterwards he was an IT guy. 😉

[@angusroberts2548]

Probably a distant relative of mine

[@ifantsaurells3014]

Bartholomew kuma

[@MegaAwesomeExtreme]

I’m related to this man

[@gemanderson8162]

Are you??? I'm a direct ancestor, on my fathers side, my grandma was born in fishguard Wales, Janet Roberts, me and my brother have grew up knowing he was our ancestor something I've always been proud of. How are you related?

[@carbinephantom]

Gem Anderson I’m quite late to this party but I saw your response here and had to let you know it made my day. I’ve heard so many people make this claim and you are the first to actually present a connection to the man that makes some sense. I do hope you continue to call out people making this claim because there is a lot of them strangely enough. It seems everyone wants to be connected to such a iconic and fascinating figure from history!

[@CountHasting]

​@@gemanderson8162You're a clown.

[@CountHasting]

​@@carbinephantomYou're also a clown.

[@dreamSurfers5912]

Im a descent of roberts

[@rubenskywalkerredlanternda5620]

ben daley no your not stop lying

[@door1754]

I'll join you HAHA

[@dreamSurfers5912]

Iam an proven

[@brannonraphaelfranco1257]

He is a big luffy fan

[@KirksCORNER-1983]

Sea born Mary's step father

[@aikimshemourroberts6927]

I believe he was a Moor.

[@glennroberts3069]

Did he have any children?

[@bcole1240]

The black welsh pirate

[@taffy9966]

He wasn’t black the name black bart refers to his wicked character

[@PATRIOT-nt5ub]

Why were women banned from boarding the ship?

[@_gold_eye_2656]

Sailor’s superstition.

[@thegamingdemond6578]

I am ralated to him my last name is Roberts

[@robertsroberts1688]

Damon Roberts most people with the last name roberts in wales are not related familys most bore welsh patronymics before settled names and many receiving those names from parishs and churches are from unrelated welsh familys not saying that you arent related to that roberts but many families in wales bearing the same surname are unrelated to one another so the chances of being related solely on name are slim

[@steveroberts573]

I’m related I’m a Welsh Roberts who drinks ten cups of tea a day an he looks like me I also love being on boats and the sea but can’t swim lol

[@yusrakeynan8469]

why didn't you talk about why the called him the tea drinking pirate cause im doing a presentation about it and it would really help if you could tell me why the intternet isn't giving me answers

[@Crownsnek]

Because he drank tea?

[@theguyyoudontfuckingknow294]

He was a hard Christian so drinking alcohol being a sin in the eyes of such religion meant that Robert's refused to touch the common prevision of alcohol on aboard therefore he drank tea instead.

[@francisco4benites]

with so the stuff black bart came up with its kinda hard to believe he killed those slaves when inrealty its the victor who tells the story and this story came about at a time when being a pirate was no longer looked at as being ok aka the English started piracy and are the ones who told the stories about pirates and well Bart was an enemy of the English crown just like they claim Black Beard crashed his boat instead of him beaching it so they couldn't use it I truly don't believe their lies cuz Black Beard was one of the greatest pirates who took on mutli ships at one time and had multi ships underneath him and some even claim he could have been an admiral if he only served the queen so him crashing doesn't add up when English have been known for stealing ships and coping them and since the location was one of black beards favorite spots meaning he would know about the reefs and also since he crash the ship in such a way that it would have been going full speed straight into it witch complete made the ship useless as if he did it on purpose rather than an accident and on top of that the queen Anne's was on of the most fastest ships it was a slave ship refited to be even faster almost complete changed so yea a ship that great I would crash it too rather than let the English use it but bring me back to black bart what better way to tell people he is a bad guy than to say he killed slaves rather than him letting them go or allowing them to sail with him witch at the time wasn't unheard of most pirates either sold the slaves or allowed them to join almost none killed them all off witch black bart is the only pirate in recorded history to said to have done this so it doesn't add up to me and black Bart went to South Africa witch in certain areas there was certain items of value Asia has silk India had spice south America and the Spanish had gold and South Africa and the Portuguese had slaves so for him to sail there and just kill them wouldn't make sense since that at the time would be the only ships that where carring items of value get what I am saying so yea doesn't add up but now he is my second favorite pirate next to black beard of course and I love black beard not cuz of his stories but cuz of his legends and skills on what he could do and what he did do and how it was his mistake that caused him to lose not cuz he was bettered

[@bluesira]

Tried to read your comment. Gave up. Use periods.

[@thespiritualsystem8129]

😭😪😪

[@Mr3344555]

@4:49 so you're telling me steal $0.99 a million times and I should have not broken the pirate code and made a fortune? Lol

[@winkleoop]

oood

[@winkleoop]

G

[@Imachickenlol]

I doubt a woman they only just go noticed in the last 120 years

[@Imachickenlol]

Pistol file

[@marylouroberts4645]

I am a decendant of Roberts. He was born in whales where the Roberts come from. We had our family tree done.

[@amenthegreat3761]

No you aren't

[@pedroporto743]

@@amenthegreat3761 This is the internet,you can be whoever you want :D

[@taffyducks544]

*Wales!!!

[@taffyducks544]

@@amenthegreat3761 how do you know. I know the descendants of Sir Henry Morgan fought in the America Revolution and Civil War.

[@Hell-yeah420.69]

Yeah and Abraham Lincoln was my great grandfather

[@thespiritualsystem8129]

Ugh

[@derekdreke4990]

A code that has more morals then the likes of the fuks in govt that represent us

[@visionplant]

Who tf says transvestite anymore

[@stevehammel2939]

Bartholomew Roberts was a transvestite...give me a break