Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Anne Bonny had an unhappy childhood. She was sexually molested by a young man who held her at knifepoint, (fortunely for Anne, she managed to kill him with a knife too and escaped.) When she was 16 years old, she fell in love with a small time pirate James Bonny and married him. James took Anne to New Providence, which was another pirate hideout, but unfortuenly, thier marriage didn't work because of political implications. (James became an informer for the governor Woodes Rogers, a major disappointment for Anne Bonny). She left her husband and joined a group of other pirates that she made friends with. Together, she went on a killing spree, looting, and commiting other related crimes like other men. (she dressed herself as a man from a homosexul priate who offer her clothes at a tavern fashion). She went to the Carribbean Island and also met Mary Read, another cross dresser pirate, and they fell in love. But both of them were later tried for crimes and hanged. Anne Bonny was executed in October, 1720.
By Pascual Marin
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