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[_] funfact about this song itt Blackjack Slim !!83t3HfVP4qd 07/21/15(Tue)03:11:09 No.2852095
*I am reposting this because it got good feedback*
This song is about a real Pirate Ship, and Kingston Bay is the bottom of Cape Cod's bay right
outside of Boston.
A lord's bastard son named Tom Cutter held the entire region hostage in a way, the local traders
and merchants all paid him and his crew "taxes" for safe passage in and out of the bay.
He did this quite daringly, because it was the waning era of piracy, few, if any, could stand
against the might of the English/French/Spanish/Dutch Armadas
First the British put a bounty on Cutter for illegal taxation. Cutter sent back to the crown a
bounty hunter's head in a box with the official papers nailed to it, along with a note explaining
the legitimacy of his office.
Then the Dutch put a bounty up for him stealing and selling slaves meant for Boston. Cutter sent
the figurehead of a Dutch mercenary ship back to their crown, also with a note explaining the
legitimacy of his office.
Here is where the legend comes alive. Boston and other provinces in the area grew desperate, so
they tacked up signs in the bay warning merchants and traders to turn back, and head further
north to sell their wares.
Cutter found out about this and was elated, he immediately adopted the signs as a token of
fortune and put even more up.
Finally the British were forced to acknowledge the embarrassing ordeal, and take military action
against him, being under pressure from the Dutch, French, Spanish, and not to mention some VERY
wealthy trading nobles.
They sent out a detail of five full sized warships, an overwhelming display of might.
Thinking no mere pirate could possibly ever defeat a detail as this, they sailed into the bay at
the dead of night, hoping to catch the Devil's Reach off guard.
Marked for deletion (old).
>> [_] Blackjack Slim !!83t3HfVP4qd 07/21/15(Tue)03:14:11 No.2852097
>>2852095
Instead it is they who were ambushed and somehow, Cutter and his merciless band won the day. and
as the song goes, the ship was shattered but still floating, he and his crew sailed it onto the
nearest beach, nailed yet another sign to it, warning those that dared, that this was the Devil's
Reach's territory.
Along with the sign was another note written by Cutter explaining that his days of Piracy were
over, and that if he was perused, he would return with a terrible vengeance.
None ever did, he disappeared from the annals of history there. The most likely I've read is he
retired to the dutch controlled islands as a minor lord.
It's not easy to obtain this information, the internet barely has anything on this man, because
the British afterwards made several laws making it illegal to discuss/write about famous
privateers at that time. Rumors are the laws started because of Cutter himself and the Brits
didn't want another Blackbeard sailing up and down colonial America.
But the folk tales held, that's how I heard of it, in a dive-bar right next to the bay itself.
Where did I find this info you ask? Boston Library has several old pieces about Cutter and his
crew, and I had a kindly older gentleman from the Royal Naval Academy fax me some official
documents about Cutter, these proved in my mind he was very real, and he was greatly feared.
I plan to write a book or at least a very lengthy document about the man, Like the song says, he
was practically on the level of Morgan or Blackbeard when it came to telling world powers to
stick it where the sun doesn't shine."
*EDIT*
I am now actively talking to several institutes which are very interested in my research.
Honestly I half expect someone to beat me to the punch at this point, because apparently I've
created some hype in the naval historian community.
AMA if you still have questions
>> [_] Blackjack Slim !!83t3HfVP4qd 07/21/15(Tue)03:29:30 No.2852104
Welp seems I posted at a dead hour Ima hit the sack.
If when I wake up if this is still up and the tub I'm in is still receiving wifi I'll come back.
>> [_] Anonymous 07/21/15(Tue)03:43:20 No.2852113
>>2852095
>>2852097
Pretty interesting, always good to see anons doing something productive with their time. Around
what date did all this occur?
>> [_] Anonymous 07/21/15(Tue)03:47:16 No.2852118
I bought some time ago A general history of the pyrates by Dafoe, there's nothing on this
character in this book.
I just recently got into the topic and it's pretty fucking interesting, can you suggest me a few
books to
>>2852113
If it's at the end of the age of piracy it's probably around 1720-1722 I'd guess
>> [_] Anonymous 07/21/15(Tue)03:51:29 No.2852119
That was some awesome shit, anon. I appreciate the post.
>> [_] Anonymous 07/21/15(Tue)03:54:40 No.2852121
>>2852113
Good thing I looked right before I laid down.
The official documents I read identifying the events of the battle were dated 11/12/1725 or
12/11/1725 for my American brothers.
>>2852118
Like I said itt, I think I made a discovery of sorts about the man. There might be documents on
him, but after a decent amount of research I couldn't anything that directly identified him.
I mean he had a cult following of sorts, and there are some small things about him in Boston, but
the general idea was they were fabricated or misconstrued.
Que me peaking interest and digging where few had.
As for WHY he is such a dirty little secret is because of laws passed by the British government,
and I am starting to think after his disappearance they threatened the local colonists to keep
quiet about such an embarrassing ordeal.
A good book for the laws and such I'm talking of is "British piracy in the golden age"
>> [_] Blackjack Slim !!83t3HfVP4qd 07/21/15(Tue)03:57:52 No.2852125
>>2852121
fuck forgot my trip
doesn't really matter. welp now I am off to bed regardless of what's posted lel.
Like I said, hopefully I'll see this thread in a few hours. I never know if the wifi here will
keep on, gets spotty as fuck in the Mid-Pacific.
>> [_] Anonymous 07/21/15(Tue)04:01:34 No.2852127
>>2852125
>mid pacific
A-are you a pirate?
I'll try to keep the thread up because I'm interested.
>> [_] Blackjack Slim !!83t3HfVP4qd 07/21/15(Tue)04:06:50 No.2852130
>>2852127
I work aboard a merchant vessel as a medical officer, and have for nearly 10 years.
Sadly the last of the Ggreat pirates were German Uboats during the great war.
no I don't think the Somalians count, they are guttermonkeys not fit to run a dingy, I'd spit on
them and laugh if they had a run at my ship.
>> [_] Anonymous 07/21/15(Tue)04:19:38 No.2852139
>>2852130
>I work aboard a merchant vessel as a medical officer, and have for nearly 10 years.
Fuck that sounds great,
I would consider a carrer on the sea if I wasn't terrified by the ocean and a hopeless neet.
>> [_] Anonymous 07/21/15(Tue)06:11:10 No.2852216
So, like, who wrote/performed the song? If you're the one who 'discovered' the story, was it you?
>> [_] Anonymous 07/21/15(Tue)06:17:13 No.2852219
>>2852216
You could, you know, just search the file's name on youtube.
You useless faggot.
