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"Just querying your username? Is it a common pirate name, or from a kids TV show?  "
John Rackham, commonly known as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early 18th century. His nickname was derived from the calico clothing that he wore,
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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He also had 2 women in his crew, Anne bonnie and Mary Reid who fought off a royal navy attack, while anchored after a huge booze up and he was too pissed up to fight, he was hanged but the two women pleaded of the belly, meaning they were pregnant by Calico Jack, so were let off from hanging. They both died a few years later from fever |
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