If you've spent any time learning about pirates, you've likely heard of Blackbeard. Author Kevin Duffus says what you think you know about Blackbeard might be very different...
Published: Sunday, April 21st, 2013 @ 5:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the early 1700s, the Pirate Blackbeard terrorized the seas off the coast of North Carolina and became a notorious villain. His vessel, The Queen Anne's Revenge, was as equally infamous.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2013 @ 11:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Named in honor of Nathaniel Macon, a U.S. congressman and senator and a leading early-republic statesman from North Carolina, Fort Macon was built after the War of 1812 to defend America and North Carolina from foreign invasion.
Published: Saturday, December 1st, 2012 @ 9:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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