28 Nov 1717 Jahr - Pirates led by Edward Teach, more popularly referred to as "Blackbeard", and Benjamin Hornigold capture the French slave transport Concorde near island of Saint Vincent the West Indies.[8] Blackbeard renames the vessel Queen Anne's Revenge, adds to its armaments, and makes it his flagship.[9] Hornigold soon accepts a British amnesty for all pirates, and Blackbeard teams up with Stede Bonnet and begins plundering ships approaching North American ports
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