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A pirate code, pirate articles, or articles of agreement were a code of conduct for governing ships of pirates, notably between the 17th and 18th centuries, during the so-called "Golden Age of Piracy".
- Rock The Vote
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“Every man shall have an equal vote in affairs of moment. He shall have an equal title to the fresh provisions or strong liquors at any time seized, and shall use them at pleasure unless a scarcity makes it necessary for the common good that a retrenchment may be voted.”
“Every man shall be called fairly in turn by the list on board of prizes, because over and above their proper share, they are allowed a shift of clothes. But if they defraud the company to the value of even one dollar in plate, jewels, or money, they shall be marooned. If any man rob another, he shall have his nose and ears slit, and be put ashore ...
“The lights and candles shall be put out at eight at night, and if any of the crew desire to drink after that hour they shall sit upon the open deck without lights.”
“No boy or woman [shall] be allowed amongst them. If any man shall be found seducing one of the latter sex and carrying her to sea in disguise, he shall suffer death.”
“He that shall desert the ship or his quarters in the time of battle shall be punished by death or marooning.”
“None shall strike another on board the ship, but every man's quarrel shall be ended onshore by sword or pistol in this manner: at the word of command from the Quartermaster, each man being previously placed back to back, shall turn and fire immediately. If any man do not, the Quartermaster shall knock the piece out of his hand. If both miss their ...
“Every man who shall become a cripple or lose a limb in the service shall have eight hundred pieces of eight from the common stock, and for lesser hurts proportionately.” NOTE: Pieces of eight weren’t just for pirates. These Spanish coins once enjoyed widespread international use & were even acceptedas legal tender in the U.S. until 1857.
“The Captain and the Quartermastershall each receive two shares of a prize, the Master Gunner and Boatswain,one and one half shares, all other officers one and one quarter, and private gentlemen of fortune one share each.”
“The musicians shall have rest on the Sabbath Day only, by right, on all other days, by favor only.”
Pirate codes and rules became romanticized in the future decades and centuries after the height of Golden age of Pirates, but in their original form, they represented the crucial document that enabled many pirate crews to stay organized and operational.
Before a pirate ship left port all pirates collaborated and signed a document called the articles of agreement, also known as the pirate code. The pirate code was a group of rules that all pirates had to follow aboard a ship.
The Code of the Pirate Brethren, also known as the Code of the Order of the Brethren and commonly referred to as the Pirate's Code or simply the Code, was a code of conduct used among pirates.
Apr 28, 2023 · Rebecca Simon’s book, The Pirates’ Code: Laws and Life Aboard Ship – our Book of the Month for May 2023 – uses primary sources such as eyewitness accounts, trial proceedings, and maritime logs, to examine how each code was instrumental in pirates’ success in battle, on sea and on land. Here we explore various aspects of pirate life ...
The Pirate Code of Conduct. An example of the Pirate Code of Conduct dealt with the following subjects: Pirate Code of Conduct 1 - Equal Voting Rights; Pirate Code of Conduct 2 - Fair share of the loot and pirates punishments for those who cheated; Pirate Code of Conduct 3 - Gambling was banned
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