![]() Rogers was furious and in September 1720 issued a proclamation for the capture of John Rackham. John turned his wife in, and Rogers ordered her to be whipped for her transgressions, at which point she fled with Rackham and they went into the pirate business together with a new crew. While in Nassau, Rackham had an affair with Anne Bonny, the wife of John Bonny, who was employed by Governor Rogers. #CALICO JACK FULL#Rogers, who hated Charles Vane, chose to believe Rackham and gave him and his entire crew full pardons. In his declaration to Rogers, Rackham claimed that Vane had forced him and the crew to become pirates. Once in the Bahamas, a British colony at the time, and taking advantage of a “King’s Pardon” recently reissued by King George that absolved pirates of prior crimes if they surrendered themselves to the Governor, Rackham presented himself to Governor Woodes Rogers in Nassau. In possession of the ship, they fled to Nassau in the Bahamas. The Spanish were content to wait out Rackham, but overnight the pirates snuck out and overpowered the guards on the smaller Spanish ship. They tracked him to the Isla de Los Pinos off the Cuban coast, but couldn’t get to shore due to the low tide. However, the Kingston was captured in sight of Port Royal Harbor, and a Spanish warship was sent out to bring Rackham to justice. One of their biggest hauls was when they captured the merchant ship the Kingston. These books also offered us a set of concepts to understand and interpret the world our travelers inhabited and the challenges and opportunities they encountered in their journeys. Scott and Hébrard’s “micro-history set in motion,” Sparks's "Atlantic Creoles," Restall and Fernández-Armesto's "armed entrepreneurs," Sweet’s “Black Atlantic,” Jasanoff's "spirit of 1783," Pérez Morales's "masterless Caribbean," and Colley's "biography that crosses boundaries" offered us fruit for thought and nourished our weekly discussions.ĭuring 1718 Rackham and his new crew continued their pirating activities throughout the West Indies, focusing mainly on small merchant ships. Their authors provided us physical, conceptual, and narrative maps that we used to navigate our own understanding of the global Atlantic world. ![]() Each of the following books features a unique, comprehensive approach to the early modern Atlantic world and the people who traversed it. The books' histories and stories guided us through our own process. Please Note: Each cup is individually hand-thrown and decorated, so slight variations may occur.As each of us individually conducted research on a specific Atlantic traveler, collectively we read these books and used them as our navigational tools to sail the Atlantic's historiographical waters. All of their work is handmade and decorated with their own glazes. Their work includes both functional and decorative stoneware inspired by regional and national styles of American pottery and folk art. They started their business in 1993, opening a clay studio in a former convenience store called the Hog Hill Handy Pantry. John and Scottie met at a workshop at the Hickory Museum of Art. Hog Hill Pottery is the studio of husband-and-wife team John and Scottie Post. This cup features the flag of notorious English pirate John “Calico Jack” Rackham, who was best known for having two female pirates in his crew, Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Made for everyday use, these 12-ounce cups are designed to hold hot or cold drinks. Ahoy, the perfect drinking vessel! Available in 6 designs, these artisan-crafted pirate cups by Hog Hill Pottery are a customer favorite. ![]()
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