EPISODE · Nov 30, 2018 · 33 MIN
Episode 92: The Charleston Pirate Trials of 1718 (Part 2) - Charleston Time Machine
from Charleston Time Machine · host Nic Butler, Ph.D.
Over the course of five weeks in the autumn of 1718, Charleston witnessed 13 trials of 58 men accused of piracy. Clerks made a paper record of this entire courtroom spectacle, most of which was published in 1719, but few people have seen the text of this dramatic narrative. This episode contextualize this valuable historical record and provides a summary of the confusing sequence of trials.
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