Blackbeard
broke the agreement he made with NC Governor Eden in the eyes of VA Lt. Gov. Alexandre Spotswood while also giving him a case of
nausea. Not being content to be the
omega dog within the Brethen of the Coast, Blackbeard boarded several English ships and took some of their provisions for his trip to Bermuda upon leaving Philadelphia. He also took two French merchant ships and claimed one had been abandoned at sea which he hid in Ocracoke Inlet in NC. Under Maritime Law, he then shared this booty with the NC Chief Justice and Secretary of the Colony Tobias Knight (20 hogsheads of sugar) as well as with NC Governor Charles Eden (60 hogsheads of sugar). Doubt if even some
hermit of the Caribbean would see this deal as being honorable; Alexandre Spotswood did not and made plans to send a hunting party of the Royal Navy to kill and/or capture Blackbeard.
http://www.ncgenweb.us/beaufort/phot...ighttobias.htm http://www.republicofpirates.net/Eden.html