Accomplice in Black Bart Roberts
Captain of the consort Ranger, taken by HMS Swallow on 5 February 1722; condemned at Cape Coast. Dates unknown.
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.