Sunday, November 20, 2011

Seafaring Sunday: End of the Ladies' Man

November 20, 1720: "Calico" Jack Rackham is hanged for piracy in Spanish Towne, Jamaica after a very brief trial.  His lover, Anne Bonny, famously told him "If you had fought like a man, you wouldn't be hangin' like a dog," as he was being taken to the gallows.

Header: Jack Rackham by Peter Copeland from his Pirates & Buccaneers Coloring Book

2 comments:

Timmy! said...

Ahoy, Pauline! She did have a point there...

Pauline said...

She did; point well taken, madam.