New Providence and Nassau | Pirate Nests

After the War of Spanish Succession, a group of former privateers known as the "Flying Gang" established a hideout on New Providence to continue their war on the Spanish. In this video we will explore the unique history that gave rise to New Providence as a pirate nest, as well as the cultural, economic and political motives of the pirates active there, and if it truly was a "Pirate Republic".


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Sources:
The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard
https://csphistorical.com/2015/07/26/...

A Relation of the Great Sufferings and Strange Adventures of Henry Pitman
Quest for Blackbeard by Baylus C. Brooks
Under the Black Flag by David Cordingly
Pirates In Their Own Words by E.T Fox
Jolly Rogers: The True History of Pirate Flags by E.T Fox


0:00 Introduction
0:33 The First Settlers
3:21 The Avery Legend
5:19 A Perfect Pirate's Nest
7:05 The Spanish Wrecks
7:43 A Pirate Republic?
8:51 Hornigold and Jennings
10:45 Economy and Infrastructure
12:55 End of the Flying Gang
15:31 Conclusion
16:08 Comment of the Week

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