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Random Facts about Captain Kidd
Captain Kidd, a
notorious American pirate, was born about 1650. In 1696 he
was entrusted by the British Government with the command of
a privateer, and sailed from New York, for the purpose of
suppressing the numerous pirates then infesting the seas.
He went to the East Indies, where he
began a career of piracy, and returned to New York in 1698
with a large amount of booty. He was soon after arrested,
sent to England for trial, and executed in 1701. |
