Blackbeard Had an Incredibly Short Career - How History Works

How did Blackbeard manage to be one of the most well-known pirates while only being one for two years? From 1716 to 1718, Blackbeard terrorized the seas, but he accomplished a lot during those two years.
During his brief but infamous career, Blackbeard became known for his distinctive appearance, which included a long beard and numerous weapons. But he was actually incredibly successful capturing over 40 ships. He also had a reputation for being ruthless and would often intimidate his victims by lighting fuses in his beard, creating a fearsome spectacle.
His most famous loot was the blockade of Charleston, South Carolina in 1718. He blockaded the port for a week and demanded a chest of medicine in exchange for lifting the blockade. The governor of South Carolina eventually acquiesced, and Blackbeard sailed away with the treasure.
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[@harryfurphy1491]

A lot of pirates careers didn’t last any longer that 6 months. So 2 years was a good run for him.

[@Fyi66661]

Y

[@shori8438]

@@Fyi66661 the life expectancy wasnt that long as today, and pirates life conditions are worse than of average person

[@michaellarose4913]

​@@shori8438not to mention, being a pirate is a risky and hazardous occupation. Besides the treacherousness of the sea itself, a pirate has a high chance of dying in the process of obtaining their score, especially if they're one of the pirate groups who went after British or Spanish Cargo. There's also the fact that a pirate who gets caught by the British army will be hung and executed in front of a public audience of British citizens, not to mention the torture they'll suffer at the hands of their captors. Most pirates careers are cut short due to that aspect. If they didn't die during career due to the british or spanish, they usually died from disease, or end their career early after claiming a few big scores if they're smart(and lucky).

[@madhumitadatta6400]

​@@michaellarose4913one of the biggest risks was mutiny by the crew

[@michaellarose4913]

@@madhumitadatta6400 yeah, but that was just about any seafaring occupation during that era. Being at sea for months at a time with little food and water, and no solid ground can do that to a person. Honestly that's just occupational hazard. Doesn't matter if your a pirate or a sailor. Even in the British Navy, Mutiny could be a serious issue back then.

[@zrepheas]

"blockaded for a chest of medicine" Dang, even back then the healthcare was expensive

[@joshm9782]

It wasn’t just any medication either it was medication to treat syphilis which was apparently rampant in his crew at the time

[@havcola6983]

I was gonna write "Glad I'm not the only one who thought to make that joke", but when you think about it the entire premise is just kinda sad so I guess I'm not

[@Channel-23s]

Back then medicine was shit too and was a tiny colony with shit travel ngl and was 58-60 years till it became a country

[@AvocadoClash]

@@joshm9782damn bruh, blackbeard’s crew must have been going to town on each others’ butts if that were to happen

[@thesovietonion4671]

Yeah but at least it made sense, trade took longer back then and everything was done by hand

[@tcliff3396]

He was 6’4 which was rare for the time and carried six pistols on his body so he wouldn’t have to reload

[@POPE_FRANC1S]

It is still rare

[@OldHeadQuis]

@@POPE_FRANC1S so im rare 🥹 A lot of short people feelings hurt 💀

[@NateLikesComics]

Until he has to reload again..

[@riccardomorgagni5181]

Remember, switching to your sixth sidearm is faster then reload the fifth!

[@B1gBossMan]

​@@OldHeadQuis alright, slow down there buddy 😏

[@theblueflamerl]

"In a world without gold, we might've been Heroes."

[@luisfilipe2023]

My second favorite line of the whole game after “here I am famed and with riches feeling no wiser then when I left home and I look at the path I’ve taken there’s not a man or a woman I love besides me”

[@moshe4011]

​@Luís Andrade The exact quote i was thinking about

[@delanovanraalte3646]

Ac black flag definitely had the best story

[@adagium__]

Came to the comments for This quote and I’m not disappointed

[@Federal_Bureau_of_Investigatio]

THATCH

[@lenart5417]

Blackbeard after every heist "Hurry,hurry, bring the water.....my beard is on fire"🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@richardthanmyself290]

One guys whole job on the ship was to stay ready with the water

[@lenart5417]

@@richardthanmyself290 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@billable1861]

Black powder beard

[@tyandre]

He was also getting high off the fumes💀

[@Pter496]

And he has 2 devil fruits now, which is unheard of.

[@boom_bang.]

😂😂😂😂

[@monkeydluffy-pj9ch]

Temor and dark fruit 💀

[@jdan3277]

Hey also had a unique laugh that was Zahahahahah

[@WillofDD]

Damn and i made this joke before seeing this comment ZEEHAHAHAAA

[@agentak7193]

@@monkeydluffy-pj9ch *tremor

[@luisfilipe2023]

I remember this guy from assassins creed black flag. Ubisoft really did their research well

[@royalpayn4089]

Oh yeah, big time. I was really into pirate history long before Black Flag came out and I remember as I was playing it everytime I got to interact with one of the famous pirates I was impressed by how well they NAILED the character. They even made a subtle nod to the fact that Black Bart didn't drink alcohol.

[@monkstery]

​@@royalpayn4089 all they did was parrot myths from General History

[@CaptainDasttie]

​@@royalpayn4089 if you're into pirates you should watch the series Black Sails

[@KaalaBillaGaming]

YEAA SAMEE even the medicines brooo

[@stevenstump246]

From what I have read there are no written accounts of him ever outright murdering anyone, either. He succeeded almost entirely on intimidation. And yea AC4 has one of the most accurate depictions of him in any media.

[@jawstr1k3r19]

I find it funny that he held an entire American town hostage for a chest of medical supplies, America never changes

[@tailgunner2]

If you knew WHY they needed those supplies, you would hold that town hostage too!

[@stevenhetzel6483]

​@@tailgunner2 let me guess. People were gonna die otherwise.

[@tailgunner2]

@@stevenhetzel6483 Well no, but the crew were going to wish they did when left untreated. What was in that chest was mercury, and the tools to administer it, plus they demanded a doctor. Why? Because Blackbeard and Co. Had enjoyed the services of the Spanish down in the Caribbean, everyone, to include Backbeard, had caught "The Clap"! You see, the use of mercury was the method to clean the pipes of it back then.

[@professorsuge]

@@tailgunner2don't forget they injected the mercury into their penis🤢

[@tdoran616]

Edward Teach (Blackbeard) was Welsh, not American.

[@andyw.3048]

Of course he managed to capture Portgas D. Ace, putting him into the spotlight of both the World Governmemt and the infamous Whitebeard pira- Wait. Oh.

[@Cheeseman-II]

“ Zehahahahahahaha”

[@NatureStudio25]

Rororororororooooooo

[@ibegream5854]

Can we get much higher? Probably not.

[@barrelrole]

​@@ibegream5854 ya neva know

[@Stalker_Monkee]

Can we get much higher? *So high...*

[@best_hater_ever652]

"a man's dreams shall never end"

[@raptorconshorts6798]

10 years in the joint made you a dreamer

[@Chillersnowman]

Because dreams never end unless Luffy breaks u mentally.

[@Ostr0]

Dreams end as soon as Luffy gum gum nos you to the ocean​

[@xo7evenxo279]

@@raptorconshorts6798Is is is that a John Yakuza Reference‼️⁉️⁉️⁉️

[@Yanramich]

yume

[@josemalave1322]

Imagine being so ubiquitous people name you for having a beard of the most common hair color in the world

[@mjolnirbaldur5770]

Brown is the most common, black is second. And his beard was probably so magnificent that they had to call him Blackbeard.

[@MetalGodMasino]

​@@mjolnirbaldur5770 so me having brown hair, brown eyes, brown beard and brown eyebrows i was born unlucky? Hell nah someone give me a race reroll

[@petergeramin7195]

​@mjolnirbaldur5770 black is the most common hair color

[@markofthebeast2130]

​@@MetalGodMasino well, got all of the Above except beard wich is red

[@MetalGodMasino]

@@petergeramin7195 i would say Brown is indeed the most common.

[@MasoTrumoi]

I doubt it was only two years. Maybe only two years with his famous nickname and ship, but Edward Thatch was probably operating for much longer as a sailor and pirate before becoming his own captain. It's said that he kept his men in line by outdoing them in competitions, so he probably was already very respected and knew them all for years.

[@andresamaya6187]

Not so much, he wasn't reported as a pirate until the laid off Royal Navy and privateer personnel at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714 who reached Nassau alongside Henry Jennings, who first depredated the remains of the 1715 Treasure Fleet, Teach first command was a sloop given to him by his mentor Benjamin Hornigold in 1716, before 1714 Teach was probably one of hundreds of sailors on privateers but there are no records of him being a captain. Pirates also recruited men on the fly, Teach started out with 60 men on a sloop and increased it to 350 on more than five ships at the height of his power, he also wasn't too fond of them, he stranded a lot of his crew to starve to death when he ran aground the Queen Anne's Revenge, they were eventually rescued by Stede Bonnet

[@royalpayn4089]

There isn't record of his pirate life beyond his 2 years as a captain, but there is strong evidence to suggest he was a privateer

[@yomama3926]

you mean cheating in competitions?

[@jjnix9517]

He was a privateer before becoming a pirate

[@timurjack8773]

@royalpayn4089 , if he wasn't a captain or quartermaster, why there should be any record about him as a pirate? Pirates also change their names sometimes in order to escape maybe thats what happened.

[@inhale8044]

Grew up in Charleston, the story of Black Beard was always a cool part of learning the history. If I remember correctly, he died off the coast of Charleston. His head severed after being shot and stabbed numerous times. But his treasure was never found

[@Hairo-rv9kl]

So what you're saying is that the one piece is real?

[@PoliticusRex632]

He died in battle after his ship ran aground. Queen Anne's Revenge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The reference number is 04000148. It is listed as owned by the State of North Carolina and located South of Beaufort Inlet, N.C. The wreck site is designated 31CR314 by the state of North Carolina.

[@osigma-5713]

​@@Hairo-rv9klLook up olivier levasseur. He literally had a massive treasure and straight up yelled and told people to find it while in the execution platform. He threw a necklace that contained a cryptogram describing the whereabouts of the treasure. The treasure has yet to be found and is estimated to be in billions of usd.

[@mikematerne4579]

The reason the treasure was never found, is because the treasure was the people he freed from the slave ships he plundered.....

[@PoliticusRex632]

@@mikematerne4579 he didn't free them. He gave most of them back to Capt. Dosset. The majority were sold in Martinique.

[@KALABUR]

"I come strapped with six pistols and a dagger!" "Walk under the black flag with a scallywag swagger!"

[@mugen25025]

"PEOPLES DREAMS, HAVE NO ENDS. ZEHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"💀💀💀

[@RandomOne1999]

“What of thatch? Did he fall?” “He drinks damnation”

[@rawa9224]

Assassins Creed black flag

[@andyotung8663]

his "career" would have been much longer if he ate the yami yami no mi

[@TheRealGojoBaby]

Exactly what im saying 🤟

[@navarel9892]

At best he's been a pirate captain for 3-4 (timeskip included) until his inevitable defeat at luffy's hand Most event in OP's arc lasted only for a few weeks at best in real time after all

[@TheKrazykwasi]

Zehahahahaha, you’re right nakama.

[@Sasukeuchiea]

Yeah

[@luminiumbytes9586]

Yeah

[@Emerald29]

It is said that his laugh strikes fear to those who heard it, spreading his infamy throughout the world even more. His laugh goes along the lines of: "Zehahahaha"

[@MetalGodMasino]

Shirorororororororororo

[@joseluisrodriguez7659]

😂

[@jeyeldc4423]

Legends has it that he ate a peculiar fruit that granted him power over darkness itself

[@print-diot]

They also said that he could create an earthquake by himslef​@@jeyeldc4423

[@vahidmoosavian6313]

"PEOPLE'S DREAMS WILL NEVER DIE. AIN'T THAT RIGHT!?!"

[@rickyedwards5480]

He all so "liberated" several slave ships, and let the slaves join his crew. Than traded them back into slavery for his pardon.🤔

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Then*

[@rickyedwards5480]

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 Congratulations do you get a prize?🙄

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

@rickyedwards5480 If you're offering.

[@MetalGodMasino]

​@@rickyedwards5480want*

[@hisaceinthehole3426]

😐 talk about going from morally gray to black.

[@MatterOrNot]

"Stop thinking of one piece" "Stop thinking of one piece" "Stop thinking of one piece"

[@Federal_Bureau_of_Investigatio]

Stop thinking of assassins creed

[@toy_bonnie]

Zehahahaha

[@MatterOrNot]

@@toy_bonnie get out of my head

[@RetroRift.]

​@@MatterOrNotthan shut up

[@Chillersnowman]

​@@MatterOrNotZehahahahaha

[@notthunderchild]

For the majority of his pirate career Blackbeard was known under his real name "Edward Teach" and only adapted the name Blackbeard and his famous appearance a few months before his death after being diagnosed with syphilis

[@whyyouwannaknowmyname]

I think he died from bounty hunters or navy and his head even displayed as evidence.

[@abps9947]

Nuh It's of course Marshall d teach

[@CSLucasEpic]

Yes. Which is why he wanted those medical supplies. Of course that "treatment" for Syphilis at the time meant injecting mercury into your dick, so it didn't actually help his health much.

[@weekendwarriorprospecting817]

​@@abps9947 no. It's Edward Teach 100% I'm a Bristolian and this is our history. We know what we're talking about. 👍🏻

[@abps9947]

@@weekendwarriorprospecting817 Bruh I think you didn't understand the joke

[@jacobniemann4756]

1. Blackbeard was very tall at 6 foot 4 (allegedly) when people were 5ft on average. 2. He was brutal and liked using fear tactics, such as lighting fuses under his hat. 3. He had an enormous vessel for a pirate, the "Queen Annes Revenge" she was a frigate with 40guns. Which means Thatch had a tier 5 warship when most ships he would have been coming across where unranked or 6th tier... 4. He gained his power as a pirate VERY quickly. He was a privateer in the "Queen Annes war" before joining Benjamin Hornigolds crew around 1716. From here Thatch was a fairly successful pirate for a breif 2 year period. The first year he spent capturing prizes alongside Benjamin Hornigold and Stede Bonnet. One such prize was the ship "La concorde" which blackbeard renamed the "Queen annes revenge" just before Hornigolds retirement in 1717. Thatch continued gaining power through the next year and shortly after dubbing himself Commodore Blackbeard in May 1718, he blockaded Charlestown for approximately 5 days capturing 9 vessels. He released the vessels and prisoners after receiving medical supplies. Add all this together and you get one of the most famous and feared pirates of all time.

[@sameerkaliyan7381]

"I mean he kill whitebeard of course he was famous "💀

[@Dizzman_D]

Thats a kill steal

[@thehdtv7552]

​@@Dizzman_Dhaha. I mean he orchestrated it all so I guess it was his kill. Akainu got the assist.

[@afzalikram7430]

Whitebeard = Santa claus

[@MrSai-mn8wz]

Also he broke into impeldown and freed everyone at the lowest level

[@ludovicotonelli5399]

Learn history

[@aryaninnit]

Hmm, he's even fighting with Law of Trafalgar for some maps leading to an one piece treasure

[@Jestiii]

Law of Trafalgar 😭

[@amugus1174]

Autocorrect did this man dirty

[@owaissaaltheadickey9341]

Edward Teach(aka Blackbeard) was both a pirate and a privateer ( a pirate that is actually hired and paid by government officials...esp during war time). Privateers were supposed to hand over all ships,weapons,'treasure',etc. to the person/government/king,etc that imployed the pirate's services but many managed to 'spirit away' a lot of the most valued items of the time (guns/powder, tobacco,rum,knives/swords,sail cloth,etc.)and would hide these "smuggled" items in caves throughout the Americas and create often complicated maps to relocate it later. He was often terrorizing ships along the American coast during the Colonial Wars (with British and Spanish). An ancestor from my father's maternal side was a crew member. Blackbeard is a legendary hero and 'treasure hunting' is a popular hobby here. A friend from Maine,USA. ☮️☮️☮️☮️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@654Crossman]

That's awesome, to hear. I'm from NC and I adore the history in this state. Being a history buff and a former sailor, I especially love the old privateer stories. My aunt had done an ancestry thing and found that on my Ma's side, we are related to Sir Francis Drake. Doesn't mean much of anything but it's still cool, just like one of your ancestors being a crew hand for Edward Teach. Kind of makes history feel a little more relatable or alive, if you will. 👍

[@petergeramin7195]

How you have records? Was he a direct ancestor and how wasn't he hung?

[@richardrich8010]

@@654Crossmanbeing from eastern NC Edward Teach is somewhere in my family tree. It was found out when a research team visited one of my dads aunts to tell her and wanted to find out if she new anything about him in her family history she got angry and asked them to leave telling them if he is I don’t want anyone to know.i also worked with a man from Morehead City NC who said two of his ancestors were hands on Black Beards crew they were two brothers from Scotland named Guthrie.Theres a house in Beaufort NC called the Rich house it is where one of Teach’s wives lived.According to history he died at Ocrakoke Island

[@xenogorwraithblade2538]

I've read that privateers were allowed to keep a portion of their plunder as payment for a job completed. I'm not gonna say you're wrong, I wasn't there, but I have a hard time believing they'd willingly give up their whole lot to the crown when piracy paid extremely well and many who became pirates were naval veterans of the war of Spanish succession and had some pretty grueling combat experiences.

[@CantusTropus]

That's not surprising, the most common background for a pirate was "newly-unemployed former privateer".

[@deatharrow1994]

He probably used his devil fruit powers

[@sirbarongaming2138]

I just hear "ze-ha-ha-ha" in my head whenever I hear the name blackbeard

[@Thememesbringer-hk6vc]

Me to

[@bungiecrimes7247]

Mid piss.

[@grungeisdead8998]

Shut up

[@fluzzles]

He also has 2 of the most powerful Devil Fruits

[@huntersama7644]

because he is the only person to have two devil fruits

[@RH-pl2yb]

Very interesting. I was not aware that historians turned Blackbeard from AC4 into a real life person, wow.

[@squuid15]

I don't know if you know this, but video games can't create people. And neither do historians. The man ALREADY EXISTED. Mind blowing, I know

[@user-zq6yz5gf6d]

​@@squuid15 it was a joke.

[@MetalGodMasino]

​@@squuid15everyone: laughing at jokes and having a fun time That one annoying kid who was born without sense of humor :

[@Dragono_]

@@squuid15mf shut up

[@amugus1174]

@@MetalGodMasino true

[@ludas7374]

La buse: You want my treasure, you can have it. I left the clues on this necklace.

[@sanjithd3343]

Assassins’ creed pirates reference?

[@m.v.j6804]

Bro summoned the one piece fandom

[@borisbaran]

Because he ate two devil fruits and survived? Oh fuck, wrong franchise!

[@Thememesbringer-hk6vc]

Zehahahahahhaha

[@shawnr771]

People call him ruthless yet he understood that having the chest of medicine would help save the lives of his crew. Thereby increasing morale. Smart guy.

[@_Stormfather]

Well the medicine was mercury, so I'm not sure that worked out the way he was hoping

[@emeraldblack842]

​@_Stormfather Mercury has a long history in medicine, haven't read many papers on it but it seemed to do the job atleast to an extent, the dosing decides between medicine and poison afterall

[@shawnr771]

@@emeraldblack842 For the effectiveness of Mercury in medicine. Read about the Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793. The History Guy on YT did a video about it a few years ago. The doctor mixed Morning Glory seeds and Mercury. He may have killed as many people as the disease.

[@Egilhelmson]

His career included his time as a privateer under Benjamin Hornigold, during what was called Queen Anne’s War, or the War Of The Spanish Succession.

[@xenogorwraithblade2538]

Aye! Wasn't he actually Hornigold's quartermaster for a spell?

[@ashcraft257]

“In a world without gold, we might have been heroes!” -Blackbeard.

[@prophet1546]

He was in whitebeards crew hiding as a commander.

[@sylph4252]

He was one of the chillest pirate captains, the entire point of burning hair and scary reputation was so people would just surrender their stuff and not die

[@xenogorwraithblade2538]

He didn't kill anyone until his final boarding party. His final words were to his killer: "Well done, lad." Fucking legend.

[@hiddendesire3076]

@@xenogorwraithblade2538Indeed. Most think of the Hollywood type of pirate, but in reality, most tried to avoid bloodshed if possible. By avoiding killing the crew of a ship they attacked, they could reduce any charges they faced down to thievery/piracy, rather than murder/manslaughter. While it still carried a sentence of time served, it would often allow them to avoid an execution.

[@_Stormfather]

It likely was less about not killing and more about not fighting. Every flight is a risk to yourself too.

[@dud3655]

"My main goal is to blow up and then act like I don't know nobody!" -Blackbeard, circa idon'tfuckingknowwhen

[@j.gaitan5232]

He has two devil fruits hes a beast

[@thedon_0]

The walter white of pirates

[@madamastersgaming]

his secret of his terrifying methods came from his infatuation with the theatre.

[@oom5768]

Reminds me of Walter White a bit. Guy just comes in becomes a supercriminal for 2 years then goes again

[@begiraffe8711]

His source of power was the Yami Yami no mi

[@ColbysM]

Plot twist Black Beard was famous bc he was a govt informant

[@Lewis077]

Just one of those people who you wish you could see with your own eyes, an icon nowadays manifested by the stories told from years ago.

[@schuhaufdeinkopf5614]

His real name is Marshall D. Teach. You are welcome guys.

[@J-Alm]

Are you for real? You know its Edward Teach right?

[@schuhaufdeinkopf5614]

@@J-Alm zeeeehahahahaahah zehhahahahahaha

[@MasterOfGrilling]

​@@J-Alm zehahahahaha

[@veeraboddu4630]

​@@J-Alm Dreams never die!

[@levisimon5237]

"In a world without gold, we might have been heroes"

[@levitheguy6086]

He would stand in the crows nest with several lit ropes in his beard while approaching vessels, and sometimes they would instantly surrender because they thought they were facing a demon.

[@potapotapotapotapotapota]

that's what he gets for stealing Whitebeard's treasure

[@kloothommel6569]

Blackbeard caught a syphilis infection which apparently drove him mad. He was desperate looking to cure himself. Even injecting mercury straight into his [CENSORED] with a syringe. This is also why he blokaded Charleston for a chest of medicine

[@hisaceinthehole3426]

How did he not perish injecting mercury?

[@xenogorwraithblade2538]

​@@hisaceinthehole3426 Homie was just built different, I dunno.

[@jonahmoran3751]

​​@@hisaceinthehole3426he did. You don't instantly die.

[@toy_bonnie]

Well he also captured Portgas Ace, became a warlord and then a Yonko, and has two fruits so there’s that.

[@KpaxKenpachi]

When they finally were able to take him down they beheaded him and hung his head on the bow of their ship for everyone to see

[@TH3CAPN]

Apparently they keelhauled him first

[@ChrissieBear]

Bro just wanted healthcare for his crew. 😂

[@KJH777GD]

THE ONE PIEC E IS REALLL

[@jackrobertson5801]

“Im disinclined to acquiesced your request……. Means No!” Captain Barbosa

[@halberputin51]

Blackbeard is known for owning the first nuclear warhead 🌚

[@ForeverFree2Play]

'warhead' lmao😂

[@SavantPete]

That devil fruit he ate made him so strong

[@nitinpandey3616]

"Them"

[@TH3CAPN]

Everyone watch black sails I beg you best pirate show ever made

[@generic9117]

when you have a name like blackbeard you’re gonna be remembered

[@Mephistopheles_666]

For sure this dude barely finished raiding a ship and his crew was prolly like "OH SHIT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE!"

[@crowzet0]

He got 2 devil fruits

[@ElBadriano]

He ate two Devil Fruits

[@greg_4201]

Capturing over 40 ships in a little under 2 years is absolutely nuts But it also shows you how busy those shipping lanes were

[@MthokozisiMajola-v6q]

Only 2 years. Black Beard was the real life Luffy

[@Thememesbringer-hk6vc]

Well

[@notevencalm]

2 years of timeskip So far only 2 months have passed in posttimeskip and Blackbeard will eventually lose to Luffy

[@UltraDonny5000]

His biggest act was for the good of his men. That is incredibly respectable in itself.

[@Cato-y1j]

Fun fact, Blackbeard was from Bristol,

[@ayejay2688]

ngl i heard blackbeard, thought one piece, looked down, not one piece you got me good

[@z_ooplazing7410]

So that’s how he got the medicine in ac4

[@elcucuygarage]

It warms my heart to hear the word acquiesce used and implemented correctly.

[@zachhibbard5147]

North Carolina loves Blackbeard! Well, we do now! Maybe not so much back in his day

[@Federal_Bureau_of_Investigatio]

“Cautions nothing without charisma”

[@imjustanobody1233]

After playing assassins creed black flag I love this even more.

[@MicM515]

WDYM Blackbeard was able to eat 2 devil fruits, take over the amazon lily anf become a Yonko, that's how

[@tanmayrajeshkota4518]

Love that Charlestown mission in ac black flag

[@atlashums]

His appearance in Assassins Creed Black Flag was one of the most well crafted stories I’ve ever seen of him.

[@nickclark18]

My great grandfathers great great great grandfather knew black beard personally. He sailed with him and passed down a treasure chest to his oldest son

[@idontknowwhatshoudinamemys5576]

Wait really?

[@sanjithd3343]

You’re likely lying, however that sounds very intriguing.

[@Richardc1083]

He’s basically the Steve Austin of pirates.

[@henryshaw3326]

Edward Teach from Bristol!

[@EdwardJamesKenway...]

That part made me cry. I always hate playing that part on replays.

[@ivankis3013]

His name was Edward Teech..(might be spelt wrong)

[@Pirustae]

Yea we know

[@kingvortex-m1n]

No it's Marshall.D.Teach

[@mountainmanmike9105]

Internet Historian "Gentleman Pirate" best part of Blackbeards career

[@FinancialBlu]

No, it’s actually because he stowed away on whitebeards ship until he saw that one of his shipmates had the devil fruit he wanted. He then proceeded to murder him and then take the fruit for himself, which then got him kicked off of the ship. He then started to make a name for himself by gathering his own crew and then becoming one of the 7 warlords of the sea. He then broke into Impel Down to gather more crew members and then showed up to the war of marine ford, where he proceeded to kill whitebeard. After that he soon became the replacement for whitebeard as one of the Four Emperors of the Sea.

[@The_og_moonwalker]

😐

[@thenablade858]

It’s true, I was whitebeard.

[@pessimistium5507]

Blackbeard acts like a gangsta until Red Haired Shanks appears.

[@david4rancibia34]

The true origin of American healthcare

[@nine-toedsloth7168]

Guy had multiple devil fruit powers, of course he went down in history

[@CuteArrows]

Zehahahahahaha 😎

[@gmpick9793]

The best portrayal of Blackbeard is in the show black sails.

[@lotekchapra]

He blockaded the town for penicillin specifically because he and his crew had syphilis. They were going fucking nuts and needed the meds.

[@joshm9782]

I’m fairly certain it was actually mercury as that was what was used to treat syphilis then as penicillin was only discovered in 1928

[@Caseofgames]

Penicillin wasn’t a thing back then.

[@cobraarms2466]

You’re a big dummy

[@gabrielsantana6161]

This remedy is 20th centurie's shit, my dog

[@moustachmann1169]

And he defended White beard after capturing Fire Fist Ace and has been the only one to use 2 devil fruits

[@Ar_Tank]

I know..... I played ac4

[@Issa.nicholas]

“In a world without gold we might have been hero’s.”

[@jimx45]

Blackbeard was against violence and only used intimidation. He was one of the nicer pirates

[@CalamityHillMusic]

Man had over 30 stab wounds to his body in his final fight. Think about that!

[@memoriblewerd]

brightest burn has the shortest fuse

[@jason4485]

I grew up in eastern NC, as a kid we always loved hearing the “Blackbeard” aka Edward Teach stories. I’ve even visited his original home in Beaufort NC. Great place to visit.

[@LovleyLemonade]

Blackbeard used to have a pretty strong sheild for a few years as well until Ubisoft nerfed tf outta him.

[@slashinswingin4369]

Dude at the Dark Dark Fruit

[@Z_Belphemon]

When he obtained both the dark and tremor fruit he became unstoppable.

[@blu7384]

Something interesting I remember from the wiki, “Teach/Thatch was a shrewd and calculating leader who spurned the use of violence, relying instead on his fearsome image to elicit the response that he desired from those whom he robbed.” If Davy Jones was the Devil of the Sea then Blackbeard was certainly the Baal of the Sea.