c. 1645
Greenock, Scotland
May 23, 1701
Newgate, England
Privateer turned pirate
"My Lord, it is a very hard sentence. For my part I am the innocentest person of them all. . . . "
William Kidd
William Kidd (known as "Captain Kidd") was one of most famous pirates (a person who robs ships or plunders the land from the sea) in history. Before becoming a great plunderer (a person who steals by force) of the seas, he was a respectable colonial American citizen. In 1695 he was hired by English investors as a privateer (a sailor on a privately owned ship that is authorized by a government to attack and capture...
Source: Colonial America: Biographies, ©2000 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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