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Edward Teach, known as “Blackbeard” the pirate, prowled the waters off the southeastern coast of the American colonies in the early 1700s. He was a menacing figure with long, dark hair twisted into pigtails and a beard that covered his face. Teach appeared surrounded in smoke from the slow burning hemp he wore under his hat. Wearing multiple pistols, knives and a cutlass, his frightening image often caused enemies to surrender at the sight of him. The citizens of North Carolina sent an appeal to the governor of Virginia who offered a reward for the pirate. Boarding a ship where the crew and captain were hiding below, Teach was taken by surprise. In the ensuing battle the fearsome pirate was defeated and his head hung from the victor’s ship as a trophy. Blackbeard’s short reign of terror had finally come to an end.