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Stede was not a Pirate, he was “a very naughty boy”.
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The big mystery to me is why he didn’t use an alias like Blackbeard.
Stede Bonnet ? not very piratey.
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He didn’t want to create a mythical persona, and, thankfully one less layer to Google 
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But Stede Bonnet sounds more like a Republican politician from Texas,
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He sounds like a Gentleman Pirate to me, bit like Robin Hood, had he won the lottery.
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