- Richard Worley (pirate) - Wikipedia
All were killed bar Worley and one other, who were both severely wounded, and brought ashore in irons [2] They were hanged the next day (17 Feb 1719) in public to ensure they received a very visible punishment and didn't instead die of their wounds hidden in jail
- The Story of the Pirate Hangings at White Point . . . - Charleston Daily
On the 8th of November, 1718, twenty-nine pirates from the crew of the Revenge, members of pirate Captain Stede Bonnet’s crew, were executed in Charles Town, South Carolina
- Charleston Pirates - Richard Worley
All of the pirates died on board, except for the captain and one other, who were very seriously wounded Both captured pirates were hanged the next day, February 17th 1719, for fear that their wounds might prevent them from receiving the punishment that was felt due
- Stede Bonnet Richard Worley Historical Marker
Near this spot in the autumn of 1718, Stede Bonnet, Notorious "Gentleman Pirate", and twenty nine of his men, captured by Colonel William Rhett, met their just deserts after a trial and charge, famous in American history, by Chief Justice Nicholas Trott
- Flying Gang | Richard Worley - History Archive
During this time the pirates Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach and Stede Bonnet were pirating off the coast of the Carolinas and the Colony and Dominion of Virginia and were experiencing great success plundering the shipping lanes of the British
- Richard Worley - Pirate of Caribbean Sea
Sadly, shortly after that Richard Worley and his crew died He was cornered in the Charles Town Harbor by four government warships - galleons “King William”, “Mediterranean”, sloop “Revenge” (a ship that was formerly under the command of pirate Captain Stede Bonnet) and a small six-gun sloop
- Colonial Sense: Census: Richard Worley
No quarter was asked, and the pirates were all killed in hand-to-hand fighting except Captain Worley and one other pirate, who were captured alive but desperately wounded The formalities were quickly got through for trying these two men, so that next day they were hanged before death from their wounds could save them from their just punishment
- The Pirate Executions of 1718 - Charleston County Public Library
In recent episodes, I’ve delved into the bloody story of how the pirate crews sailing under Stede Bonnet and Richard Worley were captured and brought to Charleston, and the details of how they were tried, convicted, and sentenced to die
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