Blackbeard the Pirate
Blackbeard the Pirate Blackbeard the Pirate The Real Pirate Pirate stories are fun to read. Many pirate stories we read are about lost treasure. Most of those stories aren't about real pirates. Blackbeard was a real pirate. He lived over three hundred years ago. At that time, ships from many countries sailed all over the world. Why did sailors become pirates? Some things about being a sailor or a pirate were similar. Both were away from home for months at a time. Both job
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Blackbeard the Pirate
Blackbeard the Pirate
The Real Pirate
Pirate stories are fun to read.
Many pirate stories we read are about lost treasure.
Most of those stories aren't about real pirates.
Blackbeard was a real pirate.
He lived over three hundred years ago.
At that time, ships from many countries sailed all over the world.
Why did sailors become pirates?
Some things about being a sailor or a pirate were similar.
Both were away from home for months at a time.
Both jobs were dangerous.
The main difference was in their pay.
Sailors were paid very little.
Pirates got to keep and share what they took from other ships!
Blackbeard got a job on a ship.
He liked his job, but he knew that he might have to fight off pirates.
Do You Know?
In the 1700s, boys as young as eight to twelve years old had jobs on ships.
A boy's first job might be to help a ship's officer.
Later, they learned how to help sail the ship.
Pirates would rob ships and share the treasure.
Blackbeard decided it was better to be a pirate!
