While in the Bahamas, Bonny began mingling with pirates in the taverns.
She met John "Calico Jack" Rackham, and he became her lover.
He offered money to her husband James Bonny if he would divorce her, but her husband refused and apparently threatened to beat Bonny.
She and Rackham escaped the island together, and she became a member of Rackham's crew.
She disguised herself as a man on the ship, and only Rackham and Mary Read were aware that she was a woman until it became clear that she was pregnant.
Rackham then landed her at Cuba where she gave birth to a son.
She then rejoined Rackham and continued the pirate life, having divorced her husband and married Rackham while at sea.
Bonny, Rackham, and Read stole the ship William, then at anchor in Nassau harbor, and put out to sea.
Rackham and the two women recruited a new crew.
Their crew spent years in Jamaica and the surrounding area.
Bonny took part in combat alongside the men, and Governor Rogers named her in a "Wanted Pirates" circular published in The Boston News-Letter.
While in the Bahamas, Bonny began mingling with pirates in the taverns. She met John "Calico Jack" Rackham, and he became her lover. He offered money to her husband James Bonny if he would divorce her, but her husband refused and apparently threatened to beat Bonny. She and Rackham escaped the island together, and she became a member of Rackham's crew. She disguised herself as a man on the ship, and only Rackham and Mary Read were aware that she was a woman until it became clear that she was pregnant. Rackham then landed her at Cuba where she gave birth to a son. She then rejoined Rackham and continued the pirate life, having divorced her husband and married Rackham while at sea. Bonny, Rackham, and Read stole the ship William, then at anchor in Nassau harbor, and put out to sea. Rackham and the two women recruited a new crew. Their crew spent years in Jamaica and the surrounding area. Bonny took part in combat alongside the men, and Governor Rogers named her in a "Wanted Pirates" circular published in The Boston News-Letter.
Anne Bonny