Whydah Galley

M ELEY · 7th September 2018, 04:18 AM

Thanks for posting this, Rick! It's always good to see what's coming out of the continuing excavations of the Whydah and QAR. Interestingly, those bronze rings are associated with the slave trade and, of course, the pirates often made the 'Pirate Round'. The unusual thing about it is Sam Bellamy was one of those captains who let the slaves aboard the ships join his crew (as did Bartholomew Roberts, Blackbeard, etc). In other words, these salvaged rings might have come with the newly joining crew mates!

7th September 2018, 04:18 AM	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	Thanks for posting this, Rick! It's always good to see what's coming out of the continuing excavations of the Whydah and QAR. Interestingly, those bronze rings are associated with the slave trade and, of course, the pirates often made the 'Pirate Round'. The unusual thing about it is Sam Bellamy was one of those captains who let the slaves aboard the ships join his crew (as did Bartholomew Roberts, Blackbeard, etc). In other words, these salvaged rings might have come with the newly joining crew mates!