This article was published in the November 2, 1850 issue of the National Police Gazette. Mary Read is born in the Midlands. She is 15 when her grandmother dies, and her mother also dies. She works as a footboy until her employer falls in love with her, and in the army for four years before… Continue reading Lives of the Felons: Mary Read and Anne Bonney
Category: 1850s
The Monarchs of the Main, or Adventures of the Buccaneers by George W. Thornbury
This book was published in 1855. Thornbury's version of the John Rackham story is mostly a rephrasing of the General History. Anne Bonny's husband becomes a pirate after they move to New Providence. Anne and Mary Reed are the only people to resist arrest, and Mary delivers her monologue about execution in jail.
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 