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[[File:Blackbeard.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]{{Candidate for Deletion}}Reason Given: Blackbeard's Ruthless Reputation is false and inaccurate<ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/last-days-blackbeard-180949440/</ref>

'''Edward Teach''', better known as Blackbeard (1680? - November 22, 1718) was a famous pirate who was so named because of his thick black beard, which he usually used to light with fuses so he would appear more monstrous to those he faced and make him more feared. He was also known to shoot his crew on occasion, which helped lead to his downfall. Blackbeard was notorious for kidnapping people, he was ruthless, selfish, and greedy, to the point where towards the end he started to kill off part his crew to increase his share of the plunder. During his life, Blackbeard had around fourteen different wives.~~{{Candidate for Deletion}}Reason Given: Blackbeard's Ruthless Reputation is false and inaccurate<ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/last-days-blackbeard-180949440/</ref>~~

'''Edward Teach''', better known as Blackbeard (1680? - November 22, 1718) was a famous pirate who was so named because of his thick black beard, which he usually used to light with fuses so he would appear more monstrous to those he faced and make him more feared. He was also known to shoot his crew on occasion, which helped lead to his downfall. Blackbeard was notorious for kidnapping people, he was ruthless, selfish, and greedy, to the point where towards the end he started to kill off part his crew to increase his share of the plunder. During his life, Blackbeard had around fourteen different wives.

~~[[File:Blackbeard.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]~~Blackbeard was also a big man, and was said to be strong. It was claimed he was strong enough to chop straight through a man with one swipe of his sword. He also carried multiple pistols at once, mostly down to the unreliability of guns at the time.

Blackbeard was also a big man, and was said to be strong. It was claimed he was strong enough to chop straight through a man with one swipe of his sword. He also carried multiple pistols at once, mostly down to the unreliability of guns at the time.

Blackbeard also spent a lot of his reign spreading stories of his own cruelty around to make it easier for him to defeat others. Exactly how true these stories are is unknown, as the majority of what he told was said for the purpose of scaring others. Likewise, he never killed a single person he kidnapped, although on one occasion he cut a man's arm when he refused to give him a ring he was wearing.

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+[[File:Blackbeard.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]{{Candidate for Deletion}}Reason Given: Blackbeard's Ruthless Reputation is false and inaccurate<ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/last-days-blackbeard-180949440/</ref>
-'''Edward Teach''', better known as Blackbeard (1680? - November 22, 1718) was a famous pirate who was so named because of his thick black beard, which he usually used to light with fuses so he would appear more monstrous to those he faced and make him more feared. He was also known to shoot his crew on occasion, which helped lead to his downfall. Blackbeard was notorious for kidnapping people, he was ruthless, selfish, and greedy, to the point where towards the end he started to kill off part his crew to increase his share of the plunder. During his life, Blackbeard had around fourteen different wives.{{Candidate for Deletion}}Reason Given: Blackbeard's Ruthless Reputation is false and inaccurate<ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/last-days-blackbeard-180949440/</ref>
+'''Edward Teach''', better known as Blackbeard (1680? - November 22, 1718) was a famous pirate who was so named because of his thick black beard, which he usually used to light with fuses so he would appear more monstrous to those he faced and make him more feared. He was also known to shoot his crew on occasion, which helped lead to his downfall. Blackbeard was notorious for kidnapping people, he was ruthless, selfish, and greedy, to the point where towards the end he started to kill off part his crew to increase his share of the plunder. During his life, Blackbeard had around fourteen different wives.
-[[File:Blackbeard.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]Blackbeard was also a big man, and was said to be strong. It was claimed he was strong enough to chop straight through a man with one swipe of his sword. He also carried multiple pistols at once, mostly down to the unreliability of guns at the time.
+Blackbeard was also a big man, and was said to be strong. It was claimed he was strong enough to chop straight through a man with one swipe of his sword. He also carried multiple pistols at once, mostly down to the unreliability of guns at the time.
 Blackbeard also spent a lot of his reign spreading stories of his own cruelty around to make it easier for him to defeat others. Exactly how true these stories are is unknown, as the majority of what he told was said for the purpose of scaring others. Likewise, he never killed a single person he kidnapped, although on one occasion he cut a man's arm when he refused to give him a ring he was wearing.