Product DescriptionWelcome the Pirate Republic, the home of the early eighteenth century some of the great pirate captains like Blackbeard, “Black Sam” Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with his fellow sailors, pirates-ex, servants and runaway slaves-the “flight” Banda established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, to define its own zone of freedom where staff were free, blacks could be equal citizens, and the leaders were elected or deposed by a vote. For a brief period, glorious Pirate Republic was a huge success. Trade routes were cut, he dismissed the slave ships, and burst into Europe of its new global empire. Imperial authorities and wealthy owners reported her r. . . More>>