Yo Ho, Oh No: Newport Pirate Executions of 1723

(Host: Kristin)

On July 19, 1723, Newport, Rhode Island was the site of the largest mass execution for piracy in the American Colonies. Twenty-six men were hanged on what is today Long Wharf and buried near the shores of Goat Island. Learn what historians know – and what we only wish we knew – about a major case of Admiralty Law and Order on this episode of Footnoting History!

 

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