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Ann Bonny or Anne Bonny (March 8, 1702 – possibly April 25, 1782) was an Irish woman who became a famous female pirate, operating in the Caribbean. Bonny was born some time between 1697 and 1705 in Kinsale, Ireland, the daughter of attorney William Cormac and his maidservant, Mary. Cormac seperated from his wife and, for a time, raise Anne disguised as a boy (passing her off as a relative's son). Once the scandal was revealed his legal buisiness was irreparably damaged and so Cormac moved the family to Charleston, South Carolina where, after earning new wealth as a merchant, he bought a large plantation.

At first, Anne's family had a rough start in their new home. Her mother died shortly after they arrived in North America. Her father attempted to become an attorney there, but did not do well. Eventually, Anne's father joined the more profitable merchant business and accumulated for the two of them a substantial fortune.[4]

When Bonny was 13, she supposedly stabbed a servant girl in the stomach with a table knife. Bonny was a red-haired beauty and considered a good catch. She married a poor sailor and small-time pirate named James Bonny. James Bonny hoped to win possession of his father-in-law's estate, but Anne was disowned by her father.

There is no evidence supporting the story that Anne Bonny started a fire on the plantation in retaliation, but it is known that sometime between 1714 and 1718, she and James Bonny moved to Nassau, on New Providence Island in the Bahamas. New Providence was then a sanctuary for English pirates. Many received a "King's Pardon" or otherwise evaded the law. It is also true that after the arrival of Governor Woodes Rogers in the summer of 1718, James Bonny became an informant for the governor.

While in the Bahamas, Anne Bonny began mingling with pirates in the local taverns. She met the John "Calico Jack" Rackham, captain of the pirate sloop Revenge, and became his mistress.

While she and Rackham were back in New Providence, James Bonny dragged Anne before Governor Rogers, demanding that she be flogged for adultery and returned to him. There was even an offer for Rackham to buy her in a divorce-by-purchase, but Anne refused to be "bought and sold like cattle." She was sentenced to the flogging, but later Anne and Rackham escaped to live together as pirates. Anne, Rackham, and Mary Read stole the Revenge, then at anchor in Nassau harbour, and put out to sea.

Rackham and the two women recruited a new crew. Over the next several months, they were successful as pirates, capturing many ships and bringing in an abundance of treasure. Anne did not disguise herself as a man aboard the Revenge as is often claimed. She took part in combat alongside the men, and the accounts of her exploits present her as competent, effective in combat, and respected by her shipmates. She and Mary Read's name and gender were known to all from the start, including Governor Rogers, who named them in a "pirates wanted" circular published in the continent's only newspaper, The Boston News-Letter.


In October 1720, Rackham and his crew were attacked by a "King's ship", a sloop captained by Jonathan Barnet under a commission from the Governor of Jamaica. Most of Rackham's pirates did not put up much resistance as many of them were too drunk to fight; other sources indicate it was at night and most of them were asleep. However, Read, Bonny, and an unknown man fought fiercely and managed to hold off Barnet's troops for a short time. Rackham and his crew were taken to Jamaica, where they were convicted and sentenced by the Governor of Jamaica to be hanged. According to Johnson, Bonny's last words to the imprisoned Rackham were that she was "sorry to see him there, but if he had fought like a Man, he need not have been hang'd like a Dog."

After being sentenced, Read and Bonny both "pleaded their bellies": asking for mercy because they were pregnant. In accordance with English common law, both women received a temporary stay of execution until they gave birth. Read died in prison, most likely from a fever, though it has been alleged that she died during childbirth. There is no historical record of Bonny's release or of her execution. This has fed speculation that her father ransomed her; that she might have returned to her husband, or even that she resumed a life of piracy under a new identity.

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography states that "Evidence provided by the descendants of Anne Bonny suggests that her father managed to secure her release from jail and bring her back to Charles Town, South Carolina, where she gave birth to Rackham's second child. On December 21, 1721 she married a local man, Joseph Burleigh, and they had 10 children. She died in South Carolina, a respectable woman, at the age of eighty and was buried on April 25, 1782.

Some claim that she was smuggled away by her father, and that this was made possible by his far reaching and favorable merchant connections. This is a probable solution to the mystery. After all, her father's business connections had saved Anne a number of times before. Rackham's crew spent a lot of time in Jamaica and the surrounding area. Although the crew, including Anne, was discovered or caught on a number of occasions, Bonny always escaped punishment and harm. This was probably because of her father's business contacts in Jamaica.

Although Bonny is one of the best-known pirates in history, she never commanded a ship of her own. Her renown is because she was a rarity:a female pirate.
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iratecelt [2018-04-16 05:02:43 +0000 UTC]

I love your art, I'm a real fan of it. But i gotta ask... If is says that she had red hair, why did you paint her as a blond?

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trajan75 [2017-03-27 15:33:35 +0000 UTC]

In the late 60's after hir big hit in 1,000,000 BC Hammer Studios planned to cast Raquel Welch as Anne Bonny. Studio art was done but the picture was never made. Too bad.

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ayanamiame [2016-01-25 05:55:01 +0000 UTC]

amazingly beautiful work !!!

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SaariCorporation [2015-01-21 13:56:13 +0000 UTC]

cool

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malcrash01 [2015-01-03 15:24:52 +0000 UTC]

Hmm... Arghhhh!

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Alexgv-art [2015-01-03 01:51:05 +0000 UTC]

VERY BEAUTIFUL JOB!!!!

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YukiSayaku [2014-11-11 18:43:54 +0000 UTC]

Anne Bonny was a redhead
In history there were no blond female pirates, Mary Read had Β  brunette hair.
But a nice fantasy pirate drawing ^^

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BatTech In reply to YukiSayaku [2015-06-05 21:30:07 +0000 UTC]

Anne Bonny was indeed a redhead. Nevertheless, you're incorrect. Kiligrew was a blond pirate. And a lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth to boot. There have been several Scandinavian female pirates, so odds are that some of them have been blond as well.

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YukiSayaku In reply to BatTech [2016-09-19 20:34:34 +0000 UTC]

So the name is false. I was speaking about female pirates (Kiligrew was male)
er the most scandinavian female pirates had red or brown hair, you can find it in books, I never saw a blond female pirate thru books of the old time.
also there were more norwegian female pirates than scandinavian, and also this pirates had darker hair.

If there was one blond female pirate what I doesn't know, and which wasnt in the big books of female piratesΒ then I'm sorry
But you let Anne Bonny have blond hair and thats the point for this comment

nice greetings

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kuzco890 [2014-10-02 11:43:05 +0000 UTC]

onguard! Β 

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jmarkoff2 [2014-09-04 15:12:00 +0000 UTC]

I wonder if Anne Bonny and Mary Read sat together on a seat of ease to discuss battle plans and girl talk.

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Cazademonios666 [2014-08-20 08:03:57 +0000 UTC]

Genzo amigo, desde hace tiempo que me fascina tu estilo de arte, de pura casualidad ΒΏ Es esta la misma imagen que se utilizΓ³ en el juego de cartas de Mitos y Legendas? Porque se me hace familiar...
...Por cierto; estoy muy feliz por el retorno del juego nΓΊmero 1 del reino Β‘Ya estoy ahorrando para mi baraja!

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Pyridine75 [2014-07-31 10:58:40 +0000 UTC]

It's amazing ! Awesome work !

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Yukikaze-Creations [2014-07-30 22:51:46 +0000 UTC]

very pretty!!! love it!

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Homicidal-Chopper [2014-06-12 00:49:14 +0000 UTC]

Where did you get that information about Anne Bonny?

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blutot [2014-03-28 18:38:35 +0000 UTC]

great artwork!

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TheKussh [2014-03-15 20:30:10 +0000 UTC]

yoho yoho! a pirate's life for me...

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Wenvertn [2014-01-17 13:38:18 +0000 UTC]

Her kid might have descendants. Who knows.

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tomytieneblas74 [2013-12-24 02:26:40 +0000 UTC]

Cute, no different than she is in Black Flag.

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Mike-LoPinto [2013-12-07 23:47:27 +0000 UTC]

This is great! But... the face? Just seems so 2 dimensional compared with the rest. Still love this though.Β 

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Adhago [2013-01-26 21:01:34 +0000 UTC]

amazing work!
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kill3rar7fan26 [2013-01-25 03:42:17 +0000 UTC]

Your style is incredible. How did you get your start making art like this?

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Cancerbero3114 [2012-11-09 18:26:13 +0000 UTC]

Yeah and she must torn apart her left hand not to mention why one of her legs is shorter than the other

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Cancerbero3114 [2012-11-09 18:25:21 +0000 UTC]

She must torn apart her arm, 'cause there is no posible way it can be possible, not to mention one of her lege is shorter than the other

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JMK-Prime [2012-10-19 16:42:36 +0000 UTC]

Hot

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SEN-you-to-heaven [2012-10-19 14:56:50 +0000 UTC]

i know this is a long time ago, but just stating that her gastrocnemius are missing

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andhikaichsan [2012-10-15 14:57:34 +0000 UTC]

looks so nice on the eye's

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NemoNameless [2012-10-04 23:11:40 +0000 UTC]

Lol, drooling for pirate girl. ***DROOL***

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blackpurplesoul [2012-10-03 08:54:34 +0000 UTC]

Cool!

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LeoHightower [2012-10-03 04:59:32 +0000 UTC]

Excellent artwork as usual!

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scifiman [2012-10-03 04:48:59 +0000 UTC]

AMAZING !!!!

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Narked [2012-10-03 03:34:47 +0000 UTC]

Excellent artwork, Bonny was one of the inspirations for Robert E. Howard's Red Sonja! He originally
envisioned Sonja as a female Pirate, "Red Sonja of Rogantine." That from an article waaaaay back in the early 80's when
Marvel comics still owned the rights to her.

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tanyopo [2012-10-03 03:12:51 +0000 UTC]

It's such a beautiful picture but I can't help but look at the leg on the right side. It looks a bit off? The proportion I mean. Otherwise.. it's a stunning picture.

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NekoNinja13 [2012-10-03 01:32:25 +0000 UTC]

i like where shes at

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igarcia [2012-10-03 00:22:53 +0000 UTC]

This is nuts! What a story! And quite a piece of art too.

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IkuNeko5ever [2012-10-02 22:26:54 +0000 UTC]

Truly amazing Genzo!

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love it :9

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antiforma1 [2012-09-13 18:56:07 +0000 UTC]

good art really a good one!

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lightisi [2012-07-24 02:10:26 +0000 UTC]

the word whore will never be the same again.

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Danny-art [2012-05-04 08:17:27 +0000 UTC]

Your Works are Amazing!!!!!

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LikaLaruku [2012-04-28 02:08:00 +0000 UTC]

She was also known for wearing men's clothing.

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Mr-Illusionist-1331 [2012-03-01 20:09:52 +0000 UTC]

Excellent

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GokuMartin [2012-03-01 08:40:07 +0000 UTC]

"Β‘Te atraparΓ©, Anne Bonny! Β‘A ti, y a tu novio, Rackham el Rojo! Β‘Por los mil demonios, nadie le quita su barco a un Haddock!"

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SaephireArt [2012-02-17 21:33:40 +0000 UTC]

ooooh ann bonny!!! i knew her thanks to a great book from Mireille Calmel (Lady pirate)

great illustration

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herolebeau [2011-12-03 18:09:21 +0000 UTC]

Now that is a hot pirate

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