John Rackham - The Worst Pirate I've Ever Heard Of

[@GoldandGunpowder]

More videos on The Rackham Gang: Mary Read: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn2rg6Vrj6qUa7s Ann Bonny: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmmtaJpuaqiNaqs

[@Alex-cw3rz]

...But you have heard of me

[@Hoshinoko9288]

Lmao that's what I was about to say!

[@kylemackinnon5696]

Obligatory responce lol

[@jakegarvin7634]

Amazing what a snazzy handle will do for your reputation

[@gavinmatthewlyall]

@@jakegarvin7634 a cool name is half the battle

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Pirate 🦜

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I totally agree on the sentiment that the importance of Jack Rackham's real story is that, he shows what pirating for most pirates was actually like. His ship, well boat was 12 tons not the 100s of ton Frigates and galleon sized vessels media portrays every pirate to have, he doesn't have 40 cannons he has 4. His crew is not hundreds it's 20 including himself and one of those is his girlfriend. His biggest haul inflation adjusted would be the equivalent of just under £9,000 per share and total career was just under £13,000 per share. Certainly not an amount that would make you drink a town dry or be covered in Jewels. He wasn't some freedom fighter, who's stuck it too the empire, evading capture for years, his journey lasts barely a few months and surrenders without much of a fight. He's stealing from Canoes with a single persons on them. It is more a desperate and sad affair than anything else.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

We all wanna be Blackbeard or Richard Taylor. The average person is more likely to be Rackam. A footnote of a person who didn't do much with a small ship.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez you mean more likely to be one of Rackham's crew, who at most we know their name, there was a 1 in 20 chance of you being the captain of that boat and that's if you were on that boat and not d ying of dysentery in the slums of London half the age you are now.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

@@Alex-cw3rz Well yes. If your a captain then this is an average fate. If crew then the fate of people like Fetherton.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

@@Blokewood3 I'm so using the phrase Charlie Brown of pirates in the future thank you for that.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@@Blokewood3 I mean 14 "ships", 1 was a boat, another was a canoe and 7 were fishing boats. Also for a sloop that size, 20 people is an oversized crew which would obviously help them out. And yes he did do it after 1718. However his pirate career is common among pirates before 1718 and after. Having pretty insignificant careers, with relatively small hauls especially compared to how media portrays them.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

"Why on earth should we remember you, Pirate?" "Because of my girlfriends *points at Bonny and Reed* "Fair enough"

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

The ultimate example of failing upwards as a pirate. Short career short gain, captured after what can only be called an incident and not a battle. Is super famous and popular anyway due to a flag and two women. GG.

[@eazy8579]

A flag he likely didn't have if I'm not mistaken. What do you think made the author of 'General History' so interested in him specifically?

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

@@eazy8579 Because of the female pirates. That's literally what Captain Charles Johnson/Nathaniel Mist/whoever clearly found interesting. Its why he put those names in bigger font then anyone else. The man is not worth noting, the women are.

[@kalashnikovdevil]

@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez Like he says in the vid, it's a tempting nugget/straight up ye olde click bait.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

@@kalashnikovdevil Which is amusing because if you read the newspapers, trial transcript and some letters from Governor Lawes, nobody cares. Like female pirates are genuinely rare and unique as all can be. Yet everyone just kinda shruggs and goes oh well. The writer of General History is the only one who seemed intrigued.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Cannon

[@ravenb3048]

I just absolutely love how he was depicted in Our Flag Means Death. Drunk ass bozo who got killed in one hit by a warning shot, while he was taunting a gull.

[@alexrexaros9837]

I can feel the hordes of Bonny and Read fans typing furiously

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

They can type to there hearts content.

[@skeletorlikespotatoes7846]

Why?

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

@@skeletorlikespotatoes7846 I like hearing people discuss my subject.

[@skeletorlikespotatoes7846]

@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez i can't stand these nerd elitists anymore than the insane fandoms. There's a lot of things wrong in this video....but inevitably a bunch of edge lords will proclaim "oh sorry this is the truth" because they want to feel separated from the "romantics" who aren't even romantic in the least. Both groups are stupid

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

@@skeletorlikespotatoes7846 K. I'm a historian on the subject of Bonny and Read.

[@ostrowulf]

I will never understand how he is more famous in modern times than Every or Dampier.

[@rachdarastrix5251]

Well damn, I guess there is a chance that even after all my hard work to be a boring nobody who plays no roll in exiting stories or gets to do anything future generations still might remember me.

[@ostrowulf]

Always possible. I mean, one guy is known from history litterally because there is an ancient Babylonian tablet consisting of a customer complaint.

[@WiseOwl_1408]

Popular media shapes opinion and views

[@valletas]

I feel like its because avery is a giant asshole and one of the most irredemable historical figures King of the pirates also the worst one to depict because even blackbeard had redeaming qualities Thats why he doesnt appear often on media Even the one piece king of pirates isnt based on him but isntead someone else entirely

[@ostrowulf]

@@valletas Lots of terrible folks are remembered, and on a comparison level of pirates Dampier was not terrible. Really while Every was not good, he was not particularily worse than say François L'Olonnais, who was an expert at torture.

[@juliogouvea9447]

Calico Jack was the best character in Black Sails.

[@uriustosh]

Certainly a better man than the real life person.

[@quiquemarquez3211]

Eh more of a fan of Vane or Thatch there.

[@Holy_hand-grenade]

Better character development through the length of the show than vane or Blackbeard imo

[@loneronin6813]

I've always liked Rackham because he is so hilariously incompetent. He is a joke of a pirate, and it makes him stand out.

[@SantiSomchay]

It's a shame to because he has a really cool last name like "Rack Em!"

[@loneronin6813]

@@SantiSomchay I agree entirely! His name almost sounds like commanding someone to be tortured lol

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

Clearly you didnt have to work with him …

[@loneronin6813]

@@whynottalklikeapirat True lol

[@gavinmatthewlyall]

@@SantiSomchay that's probably why he's fairly famous

[@theredblooper]

So basically John Rackham was the real life version of the Pirate Captain from The Pirates: Band of Misfits, haha

[@BeKindToBirds]

Tintin and the Captain found his treasure!

[@BeKindToBirds]

@@Blokewood3 :)

[@BeKindToBirds]

@@Blokewood3 Oh wow, I had no idea he was a real person. I thought it was just the author taking the name of the man in this video.

[@BeKindToBirds]

@@Blokewood3 Hahahaha make it an April fool's video mate, it for me right away.

[@gabemissouri]

​@@Blokewood3I wasn't aware Red Rackham was French. That explains why he lost to Haddock lol.

[@gavinmatthewlyall]

@@BeKindToBirds likewise; wish Red Rackham's Treasure had more than a passing mention in this video

[@thecreweofthefancy]

Dang you got people salty. 😂 I never thought people would get this defensive of Jack Rackham.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

rule 53 of the internet people will get insulted by the most minute of topics

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

@@GoldandGunpowder NOOOOH!!! NO WE WON’T!!!!😬😵🤬🤯

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Menial meanies lol

[@bigblue6917]

The name Jack was a common word used in place of the word man. So the word lumberjack refers to a man who worked lumber and not someone called Jack who worked lumber.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Sea of thieves

[@OscarDirlwood]

Jack also refers to a sailor, too. Hence why Royal Navy Slang is known as 'Jack talk/speak'

[@PersonalCoach]

Another remarkable video on the topic of piracy. Many thanks!

[@sirboomsalot4902]

One of my favorite things about this channel is how it can go from no-nonsense pure history to a complete shitpost like at 13:15 in the blink of an eye

[@seanfoltz7645]

I don't know, but if I was the guy writing the book, rather than playing Rackham up, I would have treated him as a comedy chapter, exaggerating his incompetence and doing what I could to ensure that everyone got a good laugh out of his story.

[@KRDecade2009]

Yeah but you have bonnet to be the comic relief.

[@viktorkolaric4156]

Imagine being called the worst pirate when Stede Bonnet exists.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

Well hey at least Bonnet lasted over a year and took down some people in his final fight plus he escaped that one occasion.

[@viktorkolaric4156]

@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez Yeah, that's what I mean, all you had to do was be better than that guy and you wouldn't be the worst pirate, the bar was set so low and you couldn't even clear that.

[@sonofcronos7831]

If i am not mistaken this channel has a video of Bonnet and it most positive about him, and also comments about Bonney negative portrayl in modern pirate media

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Million of years ago dinosaurs 🦖🦕🦕🦖

[@valletas]

Considering how he became a pirate for adventure and not for money i would say he cant even qualify to be honest Even then he would still be better then calico jack

[@tomhutchins7495]

I really appreciate that you dive into the sources. Whether it's the inconsistent accounts, the ways they were fabricated, or the actual court documents, fact is more interesting than fiction.

[@JorgeL721]

In the world of high seas, you must go all the way or give up and be lazy. Laziness doesn’t belong on a ship. This is why Anne Bonnie left.

[@kylemackinnon5696]

17:50 I laughed so hard i choked

[@GoldandGunpowder]

it's not a joke, the flag of France before the Revolution was a white field, often patterned with golden fleur-de-lis

[@kylemackinnon5696]

@@GoldandGunpowder thats fair, but it has aged into a joke in the modern era lol

[@KristianSandvikk]

But you have heard of him

[@mattmclaine9946]

13:43 "Mr. McLaine, get to work!" OK, give me a minute... Confirmed, no mention of the 26 December 1682 birthday in the Tryals or Konstam. Peter Lehr's "Pirates" (2019) repeats the 26 December 1682 date but gives no source. 26 December was the date of a Boston News-Letter article about the trial, but that was 1720, not 1682 (cited in a Rediker article about Bonny and Read). Bartholomew Roberts was born in 1682 but that's as close as I can find. I have now removed references to the 1682 birth date from his Wikipedia page (like most of the famous names, that page wasn't one of mine). I did find more spellings: "Raccum" in American Weekly Mercury; "Rocham" in St. James' Evening Post (from Fox's Own Words Vol2), and "Rackan" (forgot where, source was in Fox's Own Words Vol2).

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

Rocham? Oh for the love of god how does this man keep getting so many spellings. Is it possible to link those articles? Because damn I kinda want to see those now. PS, yeah the Wikipedia page is pretty bad. Lot of pirate pages actually are poorly sourced.

[@kalashnikovdevil]

@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez To be fair, spelling was a bit more 'fluid' back in the day.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

@@kalashnikovdevil Oh yeah it definitely was more fluid. It just usually doesn't result in such funny variation. Much of the Thatche Thatch Teacher spellings for Blackbeard are just kinda there.

[@bw7754]

Cut Jack some slack, I hear his wife cut off a part of his finger and threw her feces on his bed. He had alot on his mind 😔

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Lmao. A modern woman In olden times 😂!!!

[@nickklavdianos5136]

Jack Rackham is the equivalent of a D tier bank robber in modern days. Just the average unfortunate sailing pillager of the seas.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

Guy who robbed three Seven Elevens. Yeah pretty much.

[@gavinmatthewlyall]

I think of George "Babyface" Nelson's portrayal in O Brother Where Art Thou

[@shuukenji6585]

And thats why he became a KZbinr... True Story

[@gopherasoda2492]

1:27 Wow, he's just like my dad!

[@kitsimmonds.344]

Probably the worst of the well known pirates, really highly unremarkable other than the females he may (or may not) have had on board. That said he was one of my favoriate members of the cast of Black Sails as quite a few of his lines were very funny.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

May not? No that is the one thing I can definitely say happened. I believe it was the two Frenchmen, John Besnick and Peter Cornelian, who spoke at the trial and said yeah, those women were there of there own accord and swore a lot.

[@kitsimmonds.344]

@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez Your probaby not British so my have missed the humour meant behind the or may not comment, The History of The Pirates is 99% fiction. Yes there were female pirates serving on a boat with a guy call Jack Rackham, however there are is much bastardisation of British surnames of the period that it could have been pretty much anybody call Jack with a surname ending in R or W. Am 100% sure they were both in that court, but record keeping wasn't great with even more coruption than today. Anyway it's a nice thought that they were both spared the gallows for being pregnant, Mary died in prison, very likely something to do with child birth in a disgusting prison... Anne did however escape and see freedom again, not much is know about her, though some old Woman in the states claimed to be her about 60 years later.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

@@kitsimmonds.344 Actually nobody claimed to be Anne Bonny 60 years later. That was a lie made up by a shitty 1964 romance novel that accidently became a quoted source of information. Yeah that happened somehow.

[@kitsimmonds.344]

@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez Well bloody hell I never knew that, was taught that as fact at high school in 1980's. Thanks.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

@@kitsimmonds.344 That was taught in high-school? Oh dear. Well don't worry, seems most people make that mistake. Numerous historians including a PHD profession from 2022 made that mistake.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

£1,000 today inflation adjusted would be £170,000 divided by 18 pirates I believe = £9,444 each. I guess it's impressive for one day but not the kind of amount you expect for a pirate. And his career total per share would be just under £13,000

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Roman numerals

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@@shaynewheeler9249 yes?

[@davidcunningham2074]

entertaining- a nice piece of detective work.

[@JoeSmith-vf9gz]

Rack'em? I hardly know 'em.

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Ya beat me to it partner.

[@unknowntrooper_2791]

Great and very fun video! Interesting all around and much needed content to balance pop-history. Cheers! 🏴‍☠

[@LibertineScene]

And just to add "jack" was a nickname for *any* sailor! They were "jack tars" the lot of'm.

[@secretbaguette]

He might have gotten the Calico moniker from the women who were part of his crew/led his crew/were associated with his crew and from the fact he never really fought. If he was a bit of a girly pirate, never fighting and associating freely with women, it stands to reason he would have been labeled 'Calico Jack' as an insinuation of his unsound and girly temperament.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

yes one historian speculated on the Calico moniker being added by Johnson as a form of anti-piracy statement, being a cowardly and feminine figure who's even outmatched by two women aboard his ship, but again this is a literary invention and has nothing to do with reality, in reality there is nothing to indicate that he was more girly or feminine than any other pirate

[@secretbaguette]

@@GoldandGunpowder That seems particularly hard to believe given the rest of the history being filled with badass charachters, but way hay.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

it was probably written by different authors with different attitudes due to its frequent shift in tone and opinions which seem schizophrenic at times

[@markgarin6355]

But his story continues...... I think Gina Davis played him that wonderful movie. What's with the screwed up dates? 1780, 1720s? Ah, thanks, the cc helps.

[@theromanorder]

Can you aid video on comands such as like all the comands a capitn would yell out to his crew

[@spirospagiatis4731]

Me after reading the title : I agree with you 100% Uneducated bozos who still prefer A general history of the pirates by Charles Johnson : NOOOOO!!!!!!! LIAR!!!!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

I mean really even General History doesn't do much to make him seem cool.

[@stevepuffery8918]

Nice work Mr. Thanks….

[@petecowley3481]

If those gibbets outside Port Royal were Rackham’s crew, Norrington would’ve definitely heard of Rackham. He must’ve really thought low of Jack Sparrow to say he’s worse than Rackham

[@mageillus]

Ooh! Let me get the popcorn!! 😏🍿

[@merafirewing6591]

Don't forget the soda! 🥤

[@Puppy_Puppington]

@@merafirewing6591eewwieeee

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

I like the way they spelled Pirates "Pyrates". Looks coolers

[@NomadPTL]

I'd give him props for the women and for using what he had access to. You never know what he did before he was captain. Maybe he just wasn't cut out to be captain, maybe he wasn't even interested in the big ships, crazy battles. Maybe he just loved the sea

[@davidelabarilemobile7094]

You know what????.... After watching this video i prefer the black flag john rackham over the real one.......... Always loved they he talks with anne Bonny or smoke pipes over barrels of black powder........

[@merafirewing6591]

But you got to admit, he does have a cool last name.

[@ІванІндукаєв]

/my Ukrainian ass in the first seconds/ THAT'S THE UKRAINIAN TREASURE ISLAND MOVIE MUSIC LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Ok

[@marco0445]

13:10 i almost spit my rum out💀

[@gothamzknight0219]

He is in sid meiers pirates too

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

A great pirate to name yourself after, eh Jack Rackham?

[@TheRiverPirate13]

Mate, Jack Rackham is a cool pirate name! Lol! I think a lot was lost to history about Jack Rackham. I personally think that it was that he had 2 women pirates on his ship that lead to his fame long after his death. Sex sells and no one did it better than the story of Jack Rackham.

[@lynloom]

Hey, are you planning to ever talk about one piece's inspirations from real pirates and the "real one piece" thing, id love to know your take

[@dyejohn1905]

I have a lead figure of Jack Rackham so he's not unheard of.

[@TenmasSchoolOfThought]

He is an anarcho capitalist "Businessman" who started out as a pirate in Elite Dangerous

[@LisaAnn777]

Ahh but you have heard of him.

[@nicwinsteadart5330]

All these stories, and i'm waiting for the ones that involve Captain James Flint and the Walrus...

[@agpalin1]

… the one time I’m early to something -_-

[@pup1008]

There was story about a pirate ship attacking a Spanish held Caribbean island & taking a real beating. With a massively reduced crew, heavily injured comrades, a damaged ship & dwindling water & the supplies they them decided to..... *ATTACK JAMAICA!* 😂 I wish Englishmen, or what is left of them nowadays, had those balls!

[@crisco362]

But you have heard of him...

[@Ancientcaptain]

If you haven't yet you should talk about Our flag means death the HBO series

[@SlasherSociety09]

Thanks man

[@matthewwyman1581]

This is probably the first time this poor man agreed with Assassin’s Creed about a pirate

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

I enjoyed this! Just goes to show, 'facts' of History change all the time. Better not think about how inaccurate it gets when we go as far back as Napoleon or Caesar or, dare I say... Jesus? 🙂 (But.. in the films, actors have an influence but in the end it's always the Director who decides who wears hats & shades! 😎)

[@goodnightcharly5135]

Calico was his shin

[@MoxieLaBouche]

While Our Flag Means Death depiction of Calico Jack is the least accurate that will probably ever exist, he was a colossal failure, 😅

[@niksmusic1307]

Bro showed no mercy on poor Calico 😂😂

[@johnaaron37]

Its hilarious most depictions of Anne and Mary show them to be fairly comely women, and I'm REALLY sceptical about that lol

[@dragorans9599]

Will you ever do a historical review on Edward Kenway like you did with Jack Sparrow? I ask this because they tried to keep pirate stereotypes away to a certain extent (like excluding a hook hand in the development)

[@GoldandGunpowder]

nah

[@dragorans9599]

@@GoldandGunpowder 😭

[@NomadPTL]

Not disagreeing with you but That's such a long time ago he could have done more than what's stated(or less). Some people could have lied not documented stuff, documents could've been lost. Some things could be true but heard from word of mouth and not written down by a souce. Some things could've gotten lost or altered from story to story.

[@JCOwens-zq6fd]

Everything about this mans behaviour says he was the simpy try hard of pirates. Btw men did wear calico. It refers to a roughly finished type of fabric from Calicut India regardless of what colour or pattern is on it.

[@cleverusername9369]

Jack Rackham is a cool name, nuff said

[@SantiSomchay]

Such a cool last name Rack Em!Arrrrr Mateys lets Rack em bootys!

[@edbop]

Most inept..? Nah that was probably Regi ;)

[@BrettDavis-i7x]

Never met him. Great vid tho

[@Ickie71]

£1000 in 1750's money(not 1718) is £277,000 in todays(2024)money. That now makes Jack Rackham seem far more succesfull. And £13,000 would equate to around £3,000,000 today in 2024. Some of you below are forgetting this fact,and really what sounds like a small sum of money when you say £13,000 today it is,but that same amount in 1724 which is the time we are talking about here,well that may as well be £13 Million! Because it was a Fortune in the 17th/18th Century. 300 years this year.

[@kennethwilson1117]

I’m out front 😮

[@uriustosh]

Rackham is important for two reasons. The Calico Jack flag, his own design, which is now the most common depiction of the pirate flag. The second is Anne Bonny and Mary Reed, and the intrigue of their story. Nothing else seems very relevant of his life or career. He was in many ways a small timer with little impact otherwise.

[@mageillus]

The flag is a 20th century fabrication

[@steviegilliam5685]

Hey is being a pirate captain similar to a king? Ive seen a comment that said that but i don't know how accurate that is, like how i see it its a spectrum between oligarchy to constitutional monarchy to absolute monarchy

[@GoldandGunpowder]

see this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3S6Z2Wkq9Z8gtE

[@steviegilliam5685]

@@GoldandGunpowder thanks

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

We were all little Putins, I can admit that now that I am just a skulligarch …

[@Tsumami__]

With no property? 🤨

[@patrickdegenaar9495]

LoL.. I thought "worst" in the titke meant most bad ass.

[@nathanielsavage7932]

Do I hear final fantasy music in the background there 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@pup1008]

I always wondered why Spanish speaking people perjorativly call us (🇬🇧) "Pirates." Now I know....

[@Tsumami__]

Marriage records from the 1700s in the US aren’t always that simple to find. Just saying.

[@steffent.6477]

He was much cooler in Black Flag^^

[@flimflam5125]

Was flint a real person

[@crazyasalways9272]

Didn't the two women plead the belly and live for at least a bit longer

[@GoldandGunpowder]

They did, I talk about them in their own two separate videos

[@crazyasalways9272]

@GoldandGunpowder ok awesome and I'm glad I remembered correctly 😀

[@ariadneschild8460]

Nooo Black Sails lied???

[@pavelslama5543]

A pirate? More like a mugging desperate simp that grabbed two would-be gold diggers who he likely fooled with stories about riches and sailing around the world. 1/10

[@Holy_hand-grenade]

Sounds like a 7/10 minimum lol. He was tricking hoes onto his boat

[@patrickrichards2577]

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[@joeswampdawghenry]

Im about to change all of pirate history with this comment.... Like to hear it..

[@patrickrichards2577]

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[@skeletorlikespotatoes7846]

pirate flags circa 1715 to 1730 to Rackam’s purported flag are “this flag was a black cloth in the middle of which was depicted a cadaver [skeleton] and scattered bones and crossed sabers” (I’ve translated this from French), and “The Ship hoisted a Black Flagg at the Main-Top-Mast-Head, with Deaths Head and a Cutlass in it…”

[@GoldandGunpowder]

where did you get it from?

[@mageillus]

Sources or it didn’t happen

[@philipsalama8083]

​​@@GoldandGunpowderThey got it from a post on Benerson Little's blog on Rackham's flag. The paragraph, copy pasted in full, reads: "The two most similar written descriptions of historical black pirate flags circa 1715 to 1730 to Rackam’s purported flag are “this flag was a black cloth in the middle of which was depicted a cadaver [skeleton] and scattered bones and crossed sabers” (I’ve translated this from French), and “The Ship hoisted a Black Flagg at the Main-Top-Mast-Head, with Deaths Head and a Cutlass in it…” Neither were hoisted by Rackham. The former is the only reference I’ve found to crossed swords among the many eyewitness descriptions of pirate flags." Basically, this Skeletor guy found a source that agrees with your conclusion about the flag, and edited it to make it sound like it was postulating the opposite. EDIT: Figured I should include the web link as well so you can read the whole thing: benersonlittle.com/2021/06/18/the-fanciful-mythical-calico-jack-rackham-pirate-flag/

[@kalashnikovdevil]

@@philipsalama8083 Cheers mate.

[@thecreweofthefancy]

@@philipsalama8083 I knew that entry sounded familiar.

[@skeletorlikespotatoes7846]

He was absolutely nick named Jack, and Calico 😂.

[@skeletorlikespotatoes7846]

Bruh the records of the men are clear on this. Its like well attributed. Again his flag was quite possibly real. And we don't really know most of his exploits anyhow so its hard to make a conclusion. Please study more

[@bookofroger]

Sources or it didn’t happen

[@skeletorlikespotatoes7846]

@@bookofroger Republic of Pirates , by Woodward.

[@skeletorlikespotatoes7846]

@@bookofroger for his name and references.

[@skeletorlikespotatoes7846]

@@bookofroger meanwhile the flag isn't a 20th century invention. The skulls and cross bones was used frequently in the late 1720s, and people did attribute such a flag to him

[@GoldandGunpowder]

Republic of Pirates is unreliable. Woodard frequently makes up statements to produce a cohesive narrative. Most of it is based on A General History of the Pyrates. While claiming that Rackham was called "Calico Jack", Woodard cites no sources to verify this. There is no mention of Rackham's flag in Woodard's book. No one said that pirates never used flags with skulls and crossed BONES - it is the crossed SWORDS flag which is disputed. Where was it ever described in the hands of pirates? Who described Rackham as using any flag like it?

[@skeletorlikespotatoes7846]

Oh damn. Wrong again 😅

[@jamierobinson3349]

But you have heard of him. He is also remembered as the lover of both Anne Bonny and Mary Read. (that is until he hid behind some barrels and let Anne do the fighting) but 300 years later and everyone still remembers him. So...do you think that anyone will remember you in 300 years from now? 🎩⚑

[@Liber.826]

Lies.