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CHAP. VIL 



O F 



Captain John Rack am, 



And his C R E w. 



HIS ^ohn Raclam^ as has been mentioned 

 in the laft Chapter, was Quarter-Mafter 

 tof^ane^s Company , till they were divided, 

 and ra?je turned out for refufing to board and fight 

 the French Man of War then Raciam was voted 

 Captain of that Divifion that remained in the Bri- 

 gantine. The 24th of November 171 8, was thefirft 

 Day of his Command, and his firft Cruize was 

 among the Caribhee Ijlands^ where he took and plun- 

 der'd feveral VefTels. 



We have already taken Notice, that when Cap- 

 tain Rogers went to the Ifland of Providence^ 

 with the King^s Pardon to fuch as fliould furren- 

 der, this Brigantine, which Rackam now comman- 

 ded, made its Efcape, thro' another PalTage, bid- 

 ding Defiance to Mercy. 



To Windward of Jdmaicay a Madera Man fell 

 into the Pyrates Way, which they detained two 

 or three Days, till they had made their Market out 

 of her, and then gave her back to the Mafter, and 

 permitted one Hofea Tifdell^ a Tavern-Keeper at 

 ^mma^ who had been pick'd up in one of their 



Prizes, 



