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Welcome to The Pirate Fellowship. This is a place where you can learn all about the Golden Age of Piracy, from the pirates and privateers that robbed and plundered ships and coastal areas to the myths about piracy that have been largely debunked. The Golden Age of Piracy was an era between the 1650s and 1730s where it is estimated that thousands of pirates were active at sea. These pirates attacked merchant ships traveling with goods such as gold, currency, tobacco, ivory, and slaves. The pirates usually attacked these ships when they were making their way back to Europe or Africa from the Caribbean, South America, or towns in the north Atlantic. Some pirates attacked towns along the coast as they were easy to access and escape from. While the word “pirate” tends to be an umbrella term for those who rob others at sea, there are noted differences among those that participated in acts of piracy during the Golden Age: Pirate The term “pirate” has been used most generally throughout histor...