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Pirates born active died
1810 1830-1857 1857
an American pirate, one of the last active ocean-going pirates operating off the coast of China during the 1850s. Based near Hong Kong, Boggs constantly raided outgoing clipper ships carrying highly valuable cargo of opium throughout the decade. He is most particularly known for his cruelty, as in one recorded incident he had the body of a captured Chinese merchant cut into small pieces and had them delivered to shore in small buckets as a warning against interference in his criminal activities. In 1857, after a violent and bloody siege, Boggs was forced to swim ashore after his junk was destroyed by rival pirates. However, after holding his captors at bay with a knife, Boggs was finally apprehended and imprisoned in a Hong Kong jail for three years, eventually being tried for murder before his deportation to the United States.
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Eli Boggs 1810 1830
1857 1857
Captain Charles Gibbs 1798, Nov 5 1816 1831 1831, Apr 25 an American pirate who was one of the last active in the Caribbean during the early-19th century ... Thomas Wansley unknown 1831 1831 1831, Feb A negro steward on the brig Vineyard, he mutinied and assisted to murder the captain and mate, af... James Ford 1770? 1799? 1833 1833 an American civic leader and business owner in western Kentucky and southern Illinois at the turn... John Andrew Murrell 1804/6? 1820 1834 1844 a near-legendary bandit operating in the United States, along the Mississippi River, in the mid-n... Don Pedro Gilbert 1800 ca 1832 1834 1835, Jun 11 an early 19th-century pirate, who was one of the few remaining pirates continuing to raid shippin... Atwell unknown 1830 1839 unknown A hand aboard the brig Vineyard in 1830, he took part with Charles Gibbs and others in a mutiny i... Manuel Boyga unknown 1830 1839 1835, Jun A Columbian. One of Captain Pedro Gilbert's crew in the Panda. Hanged at Boston in June, 1835. Manuel Castillo unknown 1830 1839 1835, Jun 11 A Columbian sailor in the schooner Panda . Hanged for piracy at Boston on June 11th, 1835. Edward Church unknown 1830 1839 unknown In 1830 he served in the brig Vineyard, from New Orleans to Philadelphia. Took part in the mutiny... Nicola Costa unknown 1830 1839 unknown One of Captain Gilbert's crew (cabin boy) in the pirate schooner Panda . Bernado De Soto unknown 1830 1839 unknown One of the crew of the schooner Panda that took and plundered the Salem brig Mexican. The ... John Eldridge unknown 1830 1839 unknown Suspected pirate, apprehended with 1,600 pieces of eight, 249 pieces of silver plate, 200 broken ... Antonio Ferrer unknown 1830 1839 unknown One of Captain Gilbert's crew (and cook) in the pirate schooner Panda . Angel Garcia unknown 1830 1839 1835, Jun One of Gilbert's crew in the Panda . Hanged at Boston in June, 1835. Domingo de Guzman unknown 1830 1839 unknown One of Captain Gilbert's crew in the pirate schooner Panda . Don Miguel unknown 1830 1839 unknown In 1830 commanded a squadron of small pirate vessels off the Azores. After seizing a Sardinian br... Juan Montenegro unknown 1830 1839 1835 A Columbian. One of Captain Gilbert's crew in the pirate schooner Panda . Hanged at Boston ... Juan Antonio Portana unknown 1830 1839 unknown One of Captain Pedro Gilbert's crew in the pirate schooner Panda.
Francisco Ruiz unknown 1830 1839 1835, Sep 12 One of Captain Pedro Gilbert's crew and carpenter in the pirate schooner Panda, which plundered t... Captain Vallanueva unknown 1830 1839 unknown A Dominican. Commanded in 1831 a small gaff-topsail schooner, the General Morazan, armed with a b... Jose Velazquez unknown 1830 1839 unknown One of Captain Gilbert's crew in the pirate schooner Panda .
Kazimierz Lux 1780 1795 1846 1846 an officer of the Polish Legions and a pirate in the Caribbean Sea during the early 19th century.... Sam Hall Lord 1778 1800 1849 1844, Nov 5 one of the most famous buccaneers on the island of Barbados. Sam Lord as he was usually known, am... Captain Tuanku Abbas unknown 1840 1849 unknown a Malayan pirate active in the 1840s and the brother of a rajah of Aceh. He was well known for sp... Chui A-poo unknown 1840 1850 1851 a 19th-century Qing Chinese pirate who commanded a fleet of more than 50 junks in the South China... Narciso Lopez 1797, Nov 2 1850 1851 1851, Sep 1 a Venezuelan adventurer and soldier, best known for an expedition aimed at liberating Cuba from S... Shap Ng-tsai unknown 1845 1859 unknown a Chinese pirate active in the South China Sea from about 1845 to 1859. He was one of the two mos... Bill Johnston 1782, Feb 1 1810 1860 1870, Feb 17 a Thousand Islands smuggler, river pirate, and War of 1812 American privateer. His most famous un... William Walker 1824, May 8 1852 1860 1860, Sep 12 an American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary, who organized several private military e... Nathaniel Gordon 1826, Feb 6 1850 1862 1862, Feb 21 Pirate and slave trader, born in Portland, Maine. Captain Nathaniel Gordon was the first and only... Bully Hayes 1827/29 1850 1877 1877, Mar 31 a notorious American-born ship's captain who engaged in blackbirding in the 1860s and 1870s and w... Juan Gomez 1781 1790 1889 1900, Jul 13 Brother-in-law of the famous pirate Gasparilla. Died, credited with the great age of 120 years, a...
