Teach,Edward

Teach,Edward
Teach (tēch) also Thatch (thăch), Edward. Known as Black·beard (blăkʹbîrd') Died 1718.
English pirate. Based on the North Carolina coast after 1713, he conducted acts of piracy off the coast of the American colonies and in the Caribbean. He was killed by British naval forces.

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