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John Julian (March 26, 1733) was a pirate of multi-racial descent who operated in Americans, as the pilot of the ship '' Whydah''.
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John Julian - The Teenage Pirate
at Pirates and Privateers He was captured, but not indicted, so he was probably sold as a slave. He may have been the "Julian the Indian" bought by
Samuel Bellamy
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, and became the pilot of Bellamy's '' Whydah'' when he was probably only 16 years of age.
In 1717, the ''Whydah'' shipwrecked, with Julian and a carpenter called Thomas Davis being the only known survivors.Nelson, Laura.John Julian - The Teenage Pirate
at Pirates and Privateers He was captured, but not indicted, so he was probably sold as a slave. He may have been the "Julian the Indian" bought by
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"Julian the Indian" reportedly made multiple attempts to flee and once killed a bounty hunter who was after him. He was executed in March 1733.
Further reading
* W. Jeffrey Bolster - Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail. *References
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