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After receiving a royal pardon in June, 1718, Blackbeard (Edward Teach, 1680-1718) was suspected of continued piracy around the Carolinas. In November, the governor of Virginia sent two armed sloops, Jane and Ranger, to arrest Teach. The ships were blasted by the guns of Teach's ship Adventure, but when his crews boarded, they were overwhelmed and Teach was killed. He was decapitated and his head placed on the bowsprit of the Jane (his identification being required to collect the reward offered for his capture).

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