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Feb 23, 1689 Plymouth, England, United Kingdom Died on 26 Apr 1717 (aged 28)
English pirate
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About Samuel Bellamy
- Captain Samuel Bellamy (c.
- February 23, 1689 – April 26, 1717), later known as "Black Sam" Bellamy, was an English pirate who operated in the early 18th century.
- He is best known as the wealthiest pirate in recorded history, and one of the faces of the Golden Age of Piracy.
- Though his known career as a pirate captain lasted little more than a year, he and his crew captured at least 53 ships.
- Called "Black Sam" in Cape Cod folklore because he eschewed the fashionable powdered wig in favor of tying back his long black hair with a simple band, Bellamy became known for his mercy and generosity toward those he captured on his raids.
- This reputation earned him another nickname, the "Prince of Pirates".
- He likened himself to Robin Hood, with his crew calling themselves "Robin Hood's Men".Bellamy was born in England in 1689, and began sailing for the British Royal Navy as a teenager.
- After traveling to Cape Cod around 1715, he then went south to the Florida coast in an effort to locate a sunken treasure fleet.
- From there he made his way to the Bahamas, sailing under Benjamin Hornigold and his second-in-command, Edward Teach.
- After Hornigold and Teach were voted out of command, Bellamy took a captured vessel as his own, before capturing a state-of-the-art slave trade ship, the Whydah Gally, in the early spring of 1717.
- Just two months later, however, the ship got caught in a nor'easter storm off the coast of Massachusetts and sunk, taking Bellamy and most of his crew down with it.
- The remains of the Whydah Gally were discovered in 1984, making it the first authenticated pirate vessel ever to be discovered in North America.
