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Few pirates have become as iconic as the famous female, Ann Bonny. We often find her depicted as an Irish redhead with a hot temper and a fierce sword-arm, and always in the company of her dashing lover, Calico Jack. There are many stories surrounding the notorious femme fatale, some of them conflicting. She was crossdressing, but heavily pregnant. She had a lesbian relationship with Mary Read. Her father was a wealthy lawyer. So, which one of them is true?

None of them.

Modern sources
Daniel Defoe, Nathaniel Mist, and the "General History of the Pyrates" - Arne Bialuschewski
Pirates In Their Own Words - E.T Fox
Dictionary of Pyrate Biography - Baylus C. Brooks
https://csphistorical.com/2016/05/08/...
https://csphistorical.com/2016/05/13/...
The Great Days of Piracy - George Woodbury
https://bcbrooks.blogspot.com/2021/02...

Period sources
A General History of the Pyrates vol. 1 - Cpt. Charles Johnson
A General History of the Pyrates vol. 2 - Cpt. Charles Johnson
The Tryals of John Rackham and Others
The life and adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies - Daniel Defoe

Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
3:05 Fictional origins
6:09 The Cormac Theory
9:15 Relationship with Rackham
14:51 Piratical career
19:06 Visual appearance

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