In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day, I present Anne Bonny, pirate, lesbian, slut. A girl after my own heart for refusing to live life according to the ideals of others.
The daughter of an otherwise married Irish attorney and a housemaid that escaped to South Carolina to own a plantation and raise their child, Bonny, nee Cormac, married a pirate at 16 and moved to Nassau, The Bahamas. Soon leaving her husband, she soon ran off with Calico Jack Rackman and joined his crew. On board his ship, The Revenge, Bonny soon uncovered another female on board, Mary Read. The two soon became lovers.
Sadly, men being men, and pirates being pirates the fun had to end. After coming under attack by the Governor of Bermuda's men, with the men aboard The Revenge drunk, Bonny and Read defended the ship and held off the enemy... for a while anyway.
When brought to trial, both Bonny and Read were spared the ultimately penalty due to them being pregnant. Mary Read died either during childbirth or shortly thereafter.
Anne Bonny was pardonned for her crimes and quickly disappeared, never to be heard of again. There is a legend that she escaped with the assistance of a doctor and moved west with a group of pioneers to continue a life of adventure, albeit, anonymous.
So, here is to Anne, a tits-out (at least according to this picture) kind of gal!
May we all be so bold in our life choices!
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