Teach, Edward

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see Blackbeard.

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Blackbeard - d. 1718, English pirate. His name was probably Edward Teach, Thatch, or Thach. He probably began as a privateer in the War of the Spanish Succession then turned pirate. In 1716–18 he preyed on s...