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Heroes or Villains

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The Golden Age of Piracy, seen as a time of destruction. Also, the time of truth and legends. During this time, pirates were on the rise, and buccaneers were becoming pirates. Some pirates were known as robin hood characters. However, most identified as extremely harsh, cruel, and quick by historians (Famous Pirates in History: Stories from the Golden Age of Piracy). An example of a pirate who was brutal and harsh would be Henry Morgon. Who used residents as human shields to take over a Spanish tressure port (under the Black Flag Chapter 3). Some pirates are still known as heroes. One pirate people consider a hero is captain Jack Rackham. Who was known for having Two cross-dressed women aboard and Capturing the Kingston a large merchant ship (Famous Pirates in History: Stories from the Golden Age of Piracy). Another pirate people feared and looked up to was Black Beard. He was perhaps the most feared pirate in history, and he ravaged the east coast of colonial America and the

Pirates and the unforeseen truth

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Pirates are more than meets the eye.  As you know pirates weren't always portrayed the way we see them know. There a tons of myths and Hollywood film makers that make us believe untrue facts about them. However pirates have been around for along time and there lots of things we don't know about them. On thing for sure the pirates not everything we see in movies about pirates are wrong. In order to distinguish the myths from facts we have to dive in to there history. They started off as buccaneers people who attached any ship that had treasure. However buccaneers soon become extinct and a new era began  This era came to be during 1680 the time it was called the golden age of piracy began. Piracy see is know as attacking and robbing ships as buccaneers attached mostly Spanish ports This began due to the lack of jobs and naval employment. During this time it one of the main reasons piracy was easy was due to lack of strong governments around the Caribbean. During this time s

The truth about pirates

We all want to believe pirates are just like there portrayed in in movies However that's not true pirates don't walk the plank, wear eye glasses or even go around with parrots on there shoulder. Most of these things we portray pirates to be can be commonly seen in Pirates Of The Caribbean. For instance pirates never had fun watching there prisoners walk across the plank.  They treated them extremely unfairly and pretty much almost always killed them instantly. As humans we always want to believe something is true but we have to remember movies are just a myth and pirates are not as some people make them out to be.
My name is Rayvon Holmes I currently pursuing a degree in marketing. With this degree, I plan on marketing healthy foods for people that are diagnosed with diseases such as diabetes. My hobbies are watching Netflix, reading, cooking, and writing. When I finished college I hoping to expire people by marketing the benefits of healthy living.