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Mary Read Facts - Female Pirate who Terrorized the Caribbean
Mary Read was a famous female pirate who sailed with Anne Bonny and Calico Jack. She was arrested, convicted of piracy, and ended up dying in prison due to complications of her pregnancy.
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Early Life
Mary Read was born in England around 1685.
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Her mother had a son from her husband. However, her husband died at sea. During that time, her mother had an affair and became pregnant with Mary. Her mother tried to hide her pregnancy by living in a more rural setting.
After her son died, Mary was born.
Due to being in a financial hard spot, she decided to hide Mary's gender and disguise her as her dead son. This allowed her to receive monetary support from her late husband's mother.
Amazingly, this worked, and the two lived on the inheritance into Mary's teen years.
As she got older, Mary Read found work as a foot-boy and eventually ended up finding work on a ship.
She later j