Episode 253 - My Prison Shall be My Grave

Our story of Piracy is about to be filled with high profile trials. Today we're going to look at the development of the English jury system. The Pirate History Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media Podcast Network. If you’d like to advertise on The Pirate History Podcast, please contact sales@advertisecast.com Sources : The Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies from British History Online The Trial of Joseph Dawson (et al.) for several Piracies & Robberies A General History of the Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson The Trial of William Penn and WIlliam Mead, at the Old Bailey, for a Tumultuous Assembly, 22 Charles II. A. D. 1670, Howell's State Trials, Vol. 6, Case of the Imprisonment of Edward Bushell for Alleged Misconduct as a Juryman , 22 Charles II. A. D. 1670, Vaughan's Reports, 135, Howell's State Trials, Vol. 6 The History of England by David Hume Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A podcast about the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean, the real men and women that threatened the trade and stability of the Old World empires, the forces that led them to piracy and the myths and stories they inspired. Famous names like Captain Henry Morgan, Henry Avery, Charles Vane, Mary Reed, Anne Bonny, Black Bart Roberts, Ned Low, and Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach will rub elbows with Queens, Kings, Popes, rebellious monks, Caribbean Natives, African Slaves and notorious governors like Woodes Rogers. History, high seas adventure, myth and magic, voodoo, treachery, biography and freedom await.