Perpetrator
Bartholomew Roberts
- Born
- 17 May 1682
- Died
- 10 February 1722, aged about 40
- Record
- Wikidata Q313430 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in Black Bart Roberts
Born John Roberts in Pembrokeshire; pirate captain from 1719, killed in action off Cape Lopez.
1719–1722 · Cape Lopez, Gabon · Killed before trial
A Welsh mate forced into piracy took hundreds of ships in under three years. A broadside off Gabon in 1722 ended him, and 52 of his men were hanged. Read the case.
Dated events
John Roberts is born at Casnewydd Bach, Pembrokeshire.
Roberts takes the Portuguese ship Sagrada Familia from a convoy off Bahia, Brazil.
Howell Davis captures the slave ship Princess at Anomabu and forces Roberts to join him.
Davis is killed on Príncipe and Roberts is elected captain soon afterwards.
Roberts raids Trepassey harbour, Newfoundland.
Thomas Anstis leaves with the Good Fortune as Roberts heads for West Africa.
Roberts ransoms the ships at Ouidah and burns one with enslaved people aboard.
Roberts is killed by the Swallow's fire and the Royal Fortune surrenders.