This column appeared in the October 1994 issue of Latitude and publishes a list of trivia about the British Virgin Islands, according to which Anne Bonny ran a gaming house in St Thomas after Jack Rackam was hanged.
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Women: The New Criminals by Richard Deming
This book was published in 1977, and includes a biographical sketch of Anne Bonny informed by Mistress of the Seas. According to Deming, she is born in 1700 to William Cormac, and grows up to be a beautiful redhead in Charleston. She marries James Bonny when she is 16, and then moves on to Chidley… Continue reading Women: The New Criminals by Richard Deming
Colonial America, 1607-1763 by Harry M. Ward
This book was published in 1991, and says that Anne Bonny lived in Charleston and was ultimately pardoned.
Pirates and the Lost Templar Fleet: The Secret Naval War Between the Knights Templar and the Vatican by David Hatcher Childress
This book was published in 2003. Hatcher Childress describes Jack Rackham as handsome and a snappy dresser whose headquarters was in the Bay Islands. He and Anne Bonney conduct family affairs on an island south of Cuba. Anne and Mary Read are ultimately acquitted.
Lives of the Felons: Mary Read and Anne Bonney
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
Pirates in Petticoats
This article was published in the December 4, 1919 issue of the Daily Intelligencer. Anne Bonney runs away with her husband while dressed as a man. After their wedding she learns he is a pirate and works with him at sea. Anne meets Mary Read when they are working on separate pirate ships that fight,… Continue reading Pirates in Petticoats
Masqueraded As Men: Women, Who Sailed on Pirate Ships, Once Sentenced to Death
This article was published in the September 7, 1907 issue of the Victoria Daily Times. It says Mary Read lived in France when she married her soldier husband, who dies a few years later, and Anne Bonney dresses as a man to elope with her husband. They are arrested and tried as men, and it's… Continue reading Masqueraded As Men: Women, Who Sailed on Pirate Ships, Once Sentenced to Death
The Look and Learn Book: 1974
This children's book was published in 1973. Anne Bonny is born in 1700 and her family moves to Charleston. Her mother dies three or four years later and Anne learns to ride horses and shoot pistols from "an Indian hunter." She meets James in a tavern and is ultimately released from jail and goes back… Continue reading The Look and Learn Book: 1974
Fab Girls
This article was published in the 1968 annual issue of the Lady Penelope comic book. It says Ann Bonney and Mary Read fought the navy by themselves, and Ann's father's friends got her out of jail.
The Black History Truth: Jamaica by Pamela Gayle
This book was published in 2022. Gayle writes that Jack Rackham wore colorful clothes, and that both Anne Bonny and Mary Read were released from jail.
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 