Anne Bonny

Anne Bonny
1724 engraving of Bonny by Benjamin Cole from Captain Charles Johnson's book A General History of the Pyrates
Died	Unknown; last recorded appearance in 1720
Piratical career
Type	Pirate
Allegiance	Calico Jack
Years active	August – October 1720
Base of operations	Caribbean

Anne Bonny^[a] (disappeared after 28 November 1720)^[3] was a pirate operating in the Caribbean, and one of the few female pirates in recorded history.^[4] What little that is known of her life comes largely from Captain Charles Johnson's 1724 book A General History of the Pyrates, though the information presented by Johnson about her is considered dubious.

Bonny was born at an unknown date.^[b] Prior to 22 August 1720, she moved to Nassau in the Bahamas, a sanctuary for pirates.^[5] It was there that she met Calico Jack Rackham. In August 1720, Rackam, with a crew including Bonny and another woman, Mary Read, stole a ship and became notorious pirates. Bonny was captured alongside Rackham and Read in October 1720. All pirates on board were sentenced to death, but Bonny and Read had their executions stayed because both claimed to be pregnant. Read died in jail around mid April 1721, but Bonny's fate is unknown.

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