Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was killed off the coast of Ocracoke, North Carolina on this day in 1718.
This Beard was black, which he suffered to grow of an
extravagant Length; as to Breadth, it came up to his Eyes; he was accustomed to
twist it with Ribbons, in small Tails, after the Manner of our Ramilies Wiggs,
and turn them about his Ears: In Time of Action, he wore a sling over his
Shoulders, with three Brace of Pistols, hanging in Holsters like Bandaliers;
and stuck lighted Matches under his Hat, which appearing on each Side of his
Face, his Eyes naturally looking fierce and wild, made him altogether such a
Figure, that Imagination cannot form an Idea of a Fury, from Hell, to look more
frightful.
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