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Eleven men, including Blackbeard, boarded the Jane as soon as they could using grappling hooks. Most of these men had very rummy eyes according to the Jane's pilot William Butler. As soon as they were on board, Butler let lose the dogs of war by putting into motion the plan enacted by Lt. Maynard. Instead of facing "three or four" stunned crewmen as Blackbeard expected, a dozen men leaped up from the hold from the two ladders set up before. Blackbeard and his men cut a huge swarth though the Royal Naval massed men but were soon cut down from behind and/or outflanked. Blackbeard had had twenty serious sword wounds and five pistol bullets in his corpse when they examined him later. After they took off Blackbeard's head, many men took off pieces of his beard to place in lockets for souvenirs. Unfortunately for Lt. Maynard, Blackbeard had another ace up his sleeve in the person of Black Caesar one of his most trusted men who remained on the Adventure biding his time to put Blackbeard's revenge in motion. The Legends Of Black Caesar - Sun Sentinel Blackbeard and Black Pirates | Adventures in North Carolina Culture Out of Africa: Pirates, slaves and the black experience | Science Buzz The African American Experience
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On board
the Adventure, two of Blackbeard's drinking buddies were trying to sleep off weeks of partying but were awakened by the cannon and pistol blasts between intermittent sleep. They got wind of Black Caesar's intention of lighting up the sloop's powder supply and drunkenly working together managed to tackle the hardly
dainty Caesar and then sat on him until Maynard's men could help them restrain the giant. Unfortunately, one of the Royal Naval men while on
The Adventure wearing some of the pirate souvenirs was shot by another sailor from
the Ranger whose men had finally managed to get it dislodged from the sandbar. So
strum the hands of fate and acted as
thief on Blackbeard's grand design. Legend had it that Blackbeard had one last trick to play about how his myth would later be
governed. When they cut off his head they eventually threw his body overboard where it proceeded to swim around
the Jane three times and then sank in Orcacoke Inlet.
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