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A report by Tony Bartelme for The Post and Courier. The trial was over. The witnesses had testified, and things didn’t look good for young Anne Bonny, pirate. It was November 1720, in Jamaica, a time of plunder. From New England to the Caribbean, pirates menaced ships. British authorities were fed up. And Anne Bonny was…

At home. were here on the u.s.s. yorktown, a decommissioned naval aircraft carrier. one of the reasons folks love to come to charleston is for the history, this is where the civil war started. black beard seized the harbor were in this morning joined by eric lavender and captain bob. good morning. why was charleston so vulnerable to pilots? >> several reasons. mainly because in our early years we were not protected by the british military. we looked out for each other. whenever pirates showed up...