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What is it like to be a real pirate in the Caribbean?

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Life was often harsh. Work aboard a ship is hard work and there were common injuries. It was not a safe environment to say the least, not counting combat. Also there's a saying among pirates “no prey, no pay” which means you only get paid if you take merchant ships. read more

They were jolly fellows who had pet parrots and went looking for adventure, saying funny things like "Avast ye, scurvy dog!" Not quite. The real pirates of the Caribbean were violent, desperate thieves who thought nothing of murder, torture, and mayhem. read more

Perhaps the best-known pirate of the buccaneering era, Henry Morgan once purportedly ordered his men to lock the inhabitants of Puerto Príncipe, Cuba, inside a church so that they could plunder the town unhindered. read more

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