Blackbeard Had an Incredibly Short Career - How History Works

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  • @zrepheas
    @zrepheas ปีที่แล้ว +25478

    "blockaded for a chest of medicine" Dang, even back then the healthcare was expensive

    • @joshm9782
      @joshm9782 ปีที่แล้ว +2089

      It wasn’t just any medication either it was medication to treat syphilis which was apparently rampant in his crew at the time

    • @havcola6983
      @havcola6983 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +459

      I was gonna write "Glad I'm not the only one who thought to make that joke", but when you think about it the entire premise is just kinda sad so I guess I'm not

    • @Channel-23s
      @Channel-23s 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +183

      Back then medicine was shit too and was a tiny colony with shit travel ngl and was 58-60 years till it became a country

    • @AvocadoClash
      @AvocadoClash 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +243

      @@joshm9782damn bruh, blackbeard’s crew must have been going to town on each others’ butts if that were to happen

    • @thesovietonion4671
      @thesovietonion4671 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Yeah but at least it made sense, trade took longer back then and everything was done by hand

  • @harryfurphy1491
    @harryfurphy1491 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5835

    A lot of pirates careers didn’t last any longer that 6 months. So 2 years was a good run for him.

    • @Fyi66661
      @Fyi66661 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Y

    • @shori8438
      @shori8438 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +574

      @@Fyi66661 the life expectancy wasnt that long as today, and pirates life conditions are worse than of average person

    • @michaellarose4913
      @michaellarose4913 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +517

      ​@@shori8438not to mention, being a pirate is a risky and hazardous occupation. Besides the treacherousness of the sea itself, a pirate has a high chance of dying in the process of obtaining their score, especially if they're one of the pirate groups who went after British or Spanish Cargo. There's also the fact that a pirate who gets caught by the British army will be hung and executed in front of a public audience of British citizens, not to mention the torture they'll suffer at the hands of their captors. Most pirates careers are cut short due to that aspect. If they didn't die during career due to the british or spanish, they usually died from disease, or end their career early after claiming a few big scores if they're smart(and lucky).

    • @madhumitadatta6400
      @madhumitadatta6400 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +104

      ​@@michaellarose4913one of the biggest risks was mutiny by the crew

    • @michaellarose4913
      @michaellarose4913 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

      @@madhumitadatta6400 yeah, but that was just about any seafaring occupation during that era. Being at sea for months at a time with little food and water, and no solid ground can do that to a person. Honestly that's just occupational hazard. Doesn't matter if your a pirate or a sailor. Even in the British Navy, Mutiny could be a serious issue back then.

  • @tcliff3396
    @tcliff3396 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11092

    He was 6’4 which was rare for the time and carried six pistols on his body so he wouldn’t have to reload

    • @POPE_FRANC1S
      @POPE_FRANC1S 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +883

      It is still rare

    • @OldHeadQuis
      @OldHeadQuis 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +258

      @@POPE_FRANC1S so im rare 🥹
      A lot of short people feelings hurt 💀

    • @NateLikesComics
      @NateLikesComics 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +155

      Until he has to reload again..

    • @riccardomorgagni5181
      @riccardomorgagni5181 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +980

      Remember, switching to your sixth sidearm is faster then reload the fifth!

    • @B1gBossMan
      @B1gBossMan 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

      ​@@OldHeadQuis alright, slow down there buddy 😏

  • @theblueflamerl
    @theblueflamerl ปีที่แล้ว +8085

    "In a world without gold, we might've been Heroes."

    • @luisfilipe2023
      @luisfilipe2023 ปีที่แล้ว +693

      My second favorite line of the whole game after “here I am famed and with riches feeling no wiser then when I left home and I look at the path I’ve taken there’s not a man or a woman I love besides me”

    • @moshe4011
      @moshe4011 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      ​@Luís Andrade The exact quote i was thinking about

    • @delanovanraalte3646
      @delanovanraalte3646 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +162

      Ac black flag definitely had the best story

    • @adagium__
      @adagium__ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      Came to the comments for This quote and I’m not disappointed

    • @Federal_Bureau_of_Investigatio
      @Federal_Bureau_of_Investigatio 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      THATCH

  • @Pter496
    @Pter496 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6401

    And he has 2 devil fruits now, which is unheard of.

    • @boom_bang.
      @boom_bang. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +125

      😂😂😂😂

    • @monkeydluffy-pj9ch
      @monkeydluffy-pj9ch 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +244

      Temor and dark fruit 💀

    • @jdan3277
      @jdan3277 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +218

      Hey also had a unique laugh that was Zahahahahah

    • @WillofDD
      @WillofDD 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +104

      Damn and i made this joke before seeing this comment ZEEHAHAHAAA

    • @agentak7193
      @agentak7193 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@monkeydluffy-pj9ch *tremor

  • @luisfilipe2023
    @luisfilipe2023 ปีที่แล้ว +10422

    I remember this guy from assassins creed black flag. Ubisoft really did their research well

    • @royalpayn4089
      @royalpayn4089 ปีที่แล้ว +917

      Oh yeah, big time. I was really into pirate history long before Black Flag came out and I remember as I was playing it everytime I got to interact with one of the famous pirates I was impressed by how well they NAILED the character. They even made a subtle nod to the fact that Black Bart didn't drink alcohol.

    • @monkstery
      @monkstery ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@royalpayn4089 all they did was parrot myths from General History

    • @CaptainDasttie
      @CaptainDasttie ปีที่แล้ว +204

      ​@@royalpayn4089 if you're into pirates you should watch the series Black Sails

    • @KaalaBillaGaming
      @KaalaBillaGaming ปีที่แล้ว +44

      YEAA SAMEE even the medicines brooo

    • @stevenstump246
      @stevenstump246 ปีที่แล้ว +214

      From what I have read there are no written accounts of him ever outright murdering anyone, either. He succeeded almost entirely on intimidation. And yea AC4 has one of the most accurate depictions of him in any media.

  • @lenart5417
    @lenart5417 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1387

    Blackbeard after every heist "Hurry,hurry, bring the water.....my beard is on fire"🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @richardthanmyself290
      @richardthanmyself290 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

      One guys whole job on the ship was to stay ready with the water

    • @lenart5417
      @lenart5417 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@richardthanmyself290 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @billable1861
      @billable1861 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Black powder beard

    • @tyandre
      @tyandre 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He was also getting high off the fumes💀

  • @best_hater_ever652
    @best_hater_ever652 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +317

    "a man's dreams shall never end"

    • @raptorconshorts6798
      @raptorconshorts6798 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      10 years in the joint made you a dreamer

    • @Chillersnowman
      @Chillersnowman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Because dreams never end unless Luffy breaks u mentally.

    • @Ostr0
      @Ostr0 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Dreams end as soon as Luffy gum gum nos you to the ocean​

    • @xo7evenxo279
      @xo7evenxo279 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@raptorconshorts6798Is is is that a John Yakuza Reference‼️⁉️⁉️⁉️

    • @Yanramich
      @Yanramich 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yume

  • @jawstr1k3r19
    @jawstr1k3r19 ปีที่แล้ว +4415

    I find it funny that he held an entire American town hostage for a chest of medical supplies, America never changes

    • @tailgunner2
      @tailgunner2 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      If you knew WHY they needed those supplies, you would hold that town hostage too!

    • @stevenhetzel6483
      @stevenhetzel6483 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      ​@@tailgunner2 let me guess. People were gonna die otherwise.

    • @tailgunner2
      @tailgunner2 ปีที่แล้ว +280

      @@stevenhetzel6483 Well no, but the crew were going to wish they did when left untreated.
      What was in that chest was mercury, and the tools to administer it, plus they demanded a doctor. Why? Because Blackbeard and Co. Had enjoyed the services of the Spanish down in the Caribbean, everyone, to include Backbeard, had caught "The Clap"!
      You see, the use of mercury was the method to clean the pipes of it back then.

    • @professorsuge
      @professorsuge ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tailgunner2don't forget they injected the mercury into their penis🤢

    • @tdoran616
      @tdoran616 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Edward Teach (Blackbeard) was Welsh, not American.

  • @andyw.3048
    @andyw.3048 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2008

    Of course he managed to capture Portgas D. Ace, putting him into the spotlight of both the World Governmemt and the infamous Whitebeard pira- Wait. Oh.

    • @Cheeseman-II
      @Cheeseman-II 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

      “ Zehahahahahahaha”

    • @NatureStudio25
      @NatureStudio25 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Rororororororooooooo

    • @ibegream5854
      @ibegream5854 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      Can we get much higher? Probably not.

    • @barrelrole
      @barrelrole 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ibegream5854 ya neva know

    • @Stalker_Monkee
      @Stalker_Monkee 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Can we get much higher?
      *So high...*

  • @MasoTrumoi
    @MasoTrumoi ปีที่แล้ว +656

    I doubt it was only two years. Maybe only two years with his famous nickname and ship, but Edward Thatch was probably operating for much longer as a sailor and pirate before becoming his own captain. It's said that he kept his men in line by outdoing them in competitions, so he probably was already very respected and knew them all for years.

    • @andresamaya6187
      @andresamaya6187 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Not so much, he wasn't reported as a pirate until the laid off Royal Navy and privateer personnel at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714 who reached Nassau alongside Henry Jennings, who first depredated the remains of the 1715 Treasure Fleet, Teach first command was a sloop given to him by his mentor Benjamin Hornigold in 1716, before 1714 Teach was probably one of hundreds of sailors on privateers but there are no records of him being a captain. Pirates also recruited men on the fly, Teach started out with 60 men on a sloop and increased it to 350 on more than five ships at the height of his power, he also wasn't too fond of them, he stranded a lot of his crew to starve to death when he ran aground the Queen Anne's Revenge, they were eventually rescued by Stede Bonnet

    • @royalpayn4089
      @royalpayn4089 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      There isn't record of his pirate life beyond his 2 years as a captain, but there is strong evidence to suggest he was a privateer

    • @yomama3926
      @yomama3926 ปีที่แล้ว

      you mean cheating in competitions?

    • @jjnix9517
      @jjnix9517 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He was a privateer before becoming a pirate

    • @timurjack8773
      @timurjack8773 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @royalpayn4089 , if he wasn't a captain or quartermaster, why there should be any record about him as a pirate? Pirates also change their names sometimes in order to escape maybe thats what happened.

  • @inhale8044
    @inhale8044 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +331

    Grew up in Charleston, the story of Black Beard was always a cool part of learning the history. If I remember correctly, he died off the coast of Charleston. His head severed after being shot and stabbed numerous times. But his treasure was never found

    • @Hairo-rv9kl
      @Hairo-rv9kl 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +113

      So what you're saying is that the one piece is real?

    • @PoliticusRex632
      @PoliticusRex632 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He died in battle after his ship ran aground. Queen Anne's Revenge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The reference number is 04000148. It is listed as owned by the State of North Carolina and located South of Beaufort Inlet, N.C. The wreck site is designated 31CR314 by the state of North Carolina.

    • @osigma-5713
      @osigma-5713 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Hairo-rv9klLook up olivier levasseur. He literally had a massive treasure and straight up yelled and told people to find it while in the execution platform. He threw a necklace that contained a cryptogram describing the whereabouts of the treasure.
      The treasure has yet to be found and is estimated to be in billions of usd.

    • @mikematerne4579
      @mikematerne4579 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      The reason the treasure was never found, is because the treasure was the people he freed from the slave ships he plundered.....

    • @PoliticusRex632
      @PoliticusRex632 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      @@mikematerne4579 he didn't free them. He gave most of them back to Capt. Dosset. The majority were sold in Martinique.

  • @josemalave1322
    @josemalave1322 ปีที่แล้ว +1201

    Imagine being so ubiquitous people name you for having a beard of the most common hair color in the world

    • @mjolnirbaldur5770
      @mjolnirbaldur5770 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      Brown is the most common, black is second. And his beard was probably so magnificent that they had to call him Blackbeard.

    • @MetalGodMasino
      @MetalGodMasino 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      ​@@mjolnirbaldur5770 so me having brown hair, brown eyes, brown beard and brown eyebrows i was born unlucky? Hell nah someone give me a race reroll

    • @petergeramin7195
      @petergeramin7195 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      ​@mjolnirbaldur5770 black is the most common hair color

    • @markofthebeast2130
      @markofthebeast2130 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@MetalGodMasino well, got all of the Above except beard wich is red

    • @MetalGodMasino
      @MetalGodMasino 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@petergeramin7195 i would say Brown is indeed the most common.

  • @KALABUR
    @KALABUR 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    "I come strapped with six pistols and a dagger!"
    "Walk under the black flag with a scallywag swagger!"

  • @jacobniemann4756
    @jacobniemann4756 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    1. Blackbeard was very tall at 6 foot 4 (allegedly) when people were 5ft on average.
    2. He was brutal and liked using fear tactics, such as lighting fuses under his hat.
    3. He had an enormous vessel for a pirate, the "Queen Annes Revenge" she was a frigate with 40guns.
    Which means Thatch had a tier 5 warship when most ships he would have been coming across where unranked or 6th tier...
    4. He gained his power as a pirate VERY quickly.
    He was a privateer in the "Queen Annes war" before joining Benjamin Hornigolds crew around 1716.
    From here Thatch was a fairly successful pirate for a breif 2 year period.
    The first year he spent capturing prizes alongside Benjamin Hornigold and Stede Bonnet.
    One such prize was the ship "La concorde" which blackbeard renamed the "Queen annes revenge" just before Hornigolds retirement in 1717.
    Thatch continued gaining power through the next year and shortly after dubbing himself Commodore Blackbeard in May 1718, he blockaded Charlestown for approximately 5 days capturing 9 vessels. He released the vessels and prisoners after receiving medical supplies.
    Add all this together and you get one of the most famous and feared pirates of all time.

  • @rickyedwards5480
    @rickyedwards5480 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    He all so "liberated" several slave ships, and let the slaves join his crew. Than traded them back into slavery for his pardon.🤔

  • @RandomOne1999
    @RandomOne1999 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    “What of thatch? Did he fall?”
    “He drinks damnation”

  • @notthunderchild
    @notthunderchild 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    For the majority of his pirate career Blackbeard was known under his real name "Edward Teach" and only adapted the name Blackbeard and his famous appearance a few months before his death after being diagnosed with syphilis

    • @whyyouwannaknowmyname
      @whyyouwannaknowmyname 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think he died from bounty hunters or navy and his head even displayed as evidence.

    • @abps9947
      @abps9947 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Nuh
      It's of course Marshall d teach

    • @CSLucasEpic
      @CSLucasEpic 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes. Which is why he wanted those medical supplies.
      Of course that "treatment" for Syphilis at the time meant injecting mercury into your dick, so it didn't actually help his health much.

    • @weekendwarriorprospecting817
      @weekendwarriorprospecting817 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@abps9947 no. It's Edward Teach 100% I'm a Bristolian and this is our history. We know what we're talking about. 👍🏻

    • @abps9947
      @abps9947 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@weekendwarriorprospecting817 Bruh I think you didn't understand the joke

  • @Emerald29
    @Emerald29 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1093

    It is said that his laugh strikes fear to those who heard it, spreading his infamy throughout the world even more.
    His laugh goes along the lines of: "Zehahahaha"

    • @MetalGodMasino
      @MetalGodMasino 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      Shirorororororororororo

    • @joseluisrodriguez7659
      @joseluisrodriguez7659 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      😂

    • @jeyeldc4423
      @jeyeldc4423 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      Legends has it that he ate a peculiar fruit that granted him power over darkness itself

    • @print-diot
      @print-diot 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They also said that he could create an earthquake by himslef​@@jeyeldc4423

    • @vahidmoosavian6313
      @vahidmoosavian6313 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      "PEOPLE'S DREAMS WILL NEVER DIE.
      AIN'T THAT RIGHT!?!"

  • @mugen25025
    @mugen25025 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    "PEOPLES DREAMS, HAVE NO ENDS. ZEHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"💀💀💀

  • @owaissaaltheadickey9341
    @owaissaaltheadickey9341 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Edward Teach(aka Blackbeard) was both a pirate and a privateer ( a pirate that is actually hired and paid by government officials...esp during war time). Privateers were supposed to hand over all ships,weapons,'treasure',etc. to the person/government/king,etc that imployed the pirate's services but many managed to 'spirit away' a lot of the most valued items of the time (guns/powder, tobacco,rum,knives/swords,sail cloth,etc.)and would hide these "smuggled" items in caves throughout the Americas and create often complicated maps to relocate it later. He was often terrorizing ships along the American coast during the Colonial Wars (with British and Spanish). An ancestor from my father's maternal side was a crew member. Blackbeard is a legendary hero and 'treasure hunting' is a popular hobby here. A friend from Maine,USA. ☮️☮️☮️☮️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

    • @654Crossman
      @654Crossman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      That's awesome, to hear. I'm from NC and I adore the history in this state. Being a history buff and a former sailor, I especially love the old privateer stories. My aunt had done an ancestry thing and found that on my Ma's side, we are related to Sir Francis Drake. Doesn't mean much of anything but it's still cool, just like one of your ancestors being a crew hand for Edward Teach. Kind of makes history feel a little more relatable or alive, if you will. 👍

    • @petergeramin7195
      @petergeramin7195 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How you have records? Was he a direct ancestor and how wasn't he hung?

    • @richardrich8010
      @richardrich8010 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@654Crossmanbeing from eastern NC Edward Teach is somewhere in my family tree. It was found out when a research team visited one of my dads aunts to tell her and wanted to find out if she new anything about him in her family history she got angry and asked them to leave telling them if he is I don’t want anyone to know.i also worked with a man from Morehead City NC who said two of his ancestors were hands on Black Beards crew they were two brothers from Scotland named Guthrie.Theres a house in Beaufort NC called the Rich house it is where one of Teach’s wives lived.According to history he died at Ocrakoke Island

    • @xenogorwraithblade2538
      @xenogorwraithblade2538 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I've read that privateers were allowed to keep a portion of their plunder as payment for a job completed. I'm not gonna say you're wrong, I wasn't there, but I have a hard time believing they'd willingly give up their whole lot to the crown when piracy paid extremely well and many who became pirates were naval veterans of the war of Spanish succession and had some pretty grueling combat experiences.

    • @CantusTropus
      @CantusTropus 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's not surprising, the most common background for a pirate was "newly-unemployed former privateer".

  • @MatterOrNot
    @MatterOrNot 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +351

    "Stop thinking of one piece"
    "Stop thinking of one piece"
    "Stop thinking of one piece"

    • @Federal_Bureau_of_Investigatio
      @Federal_Bureau_of_Investigatio 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Stop thinking of assassins creed

    • @toy_bonnie
      @toy_bonnie 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Zehahahaha

    • @MatterOrNot
      @MatterOrNot 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@toy_bonnie get out of my head

    • @RetroRift.
      @RetroRift. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@MatterOrNotthan shut up

    • @Chillersnowman
      @Chillersnowman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@MatterOrNotZehahahahaha

  • @andyotung8663
    @andyotung8663 ปีที่แล้ว +985

    his "career" would have been much longer if he ate the yami yami no mi

    • @TheRealGojoBaby
      @TheRealGojoBaby ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Exactly what im saying 🤟

    • @navarel9892
      @navarel9892 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      At best he's been a pirate captain for 3-4 (timeskip included) until his inevitable defeat at luffy's hand
      Most event in OP's arc lasted only for a few weeks at best in real time after all

    • @TheKrazykwasi
      @TheKrazykwasi ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Zehahahahaha, you’re right nakama.

    • @Sasukeuchiea
      @Sasukeuchiea ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah

    • @luminiumbytes9586
      @luminiumbytes9586 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah

  • @ashcraft257
    @ashcraft257 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    “In a world without gold, we might have been heroes!”
    -Blackbeard.

  • @aryaninnit
    @aryaninnit ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Hmm, he's even fighting with Law of Trafalgar for some maps leading to an one piece treasure

    • @Jestiii
      @Jestiii 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Law of Trafalgar 😭

    • @amugus1174
      @amugus1174 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Autocorrect did this man dirty

  • @sylph4252
    @sylph4252 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    He was one of the chillest pirate captains, the entire point of burning hair and scary reputation was so people would just surrender their stuff and not die

    • @xenogorwraithblade2538
      @xenogorwraithblade2538 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He didn't kill anyone until his final boarding party. His final words were to his killer: "Well done, lad."
      Fucking legend.

    • @hiddendesire3076
      @hiddendesire3076 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@xenogorwraithblade2538Indeed. Most think of the Hollywood type of pirate, but in reality, most tried to avoid bloodshed if possible. By avoiding killing the crew of a ship they attacked, they could reduce any charges they faced down to thievery/piracy, rather than murder/manslaughter. While it still carried a sentence of time served, it would often allow them to avoid an execution.

    • @_Stormfather
      @_Stormfather 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It likely was less about not killing and more about not fighting. Every flight is a risk to yourself too.

  • @fluzzles
    @fluzzles 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    He also has 2 of the most powerful Devil Fruits

  • @Egilhelmson
    @Egilhelmson ปีที่แล้ว +24

    His career included his time as a privateer under Benjamin Hornigold, during what was called Queen Anne’s War, or the War Of The Spanish Succession.

    • @xenogorwraithblade2538
      @xenogorwraithblade2538 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aye! Wasn't he actually Hornigold's quartermaster for a spell?

  • @sirbarongaming2138
    @sirbarongaming2138 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

    I just hear "ze-ha-ha-ha" in my head whenever I hear the name blackbeard

  • @Lewis077
    @Lewis077 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just one of those people who you wish you could see with your own eyes, an icon nowadays manifested by the stories told from years ago.

  • @j.gaitan5232
    @j.gaitan5232 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    He has two devil fruits hes a beast

  • @deatharrow1994
    @deatharrow1994 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    He probably used his devil fruit powers

  • @TH3CAPN
    @TH3CAPN ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Everyone watch black sails I beg you best pirate show ever made

  • @jason4485
    @jason4485 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I grew up in eastern NC, as a kid we always loved hearing the “Blackbeard” aka Edward Teach stories. I’ve even visited his original home in Beaufort NC. Great place to visit.

  • @sameerkaliyan7381
    @sameerkaliyan7381 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +505

    "I mean he kill whitebeard of course he was famous "💀

    • @Dizzman_D
      @Dizzman_D 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Thats a kill steal

    • @thehdtv7552
      @thehdtv7552 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      ​@@Dizzman_Dhaha. I mean he orchestrated it all so I guess it was his kill. Akainu got the assist.

    • @afzalikram7430
      @afzalikram7430 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Whitebeard = Santa claus

    • @MrSai-mn8wz
      @MrSai-mn8wz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also he broke into impeldown and freed everyone at the lowest level

    • @ludovicotonelli5399
      @ludovicotonelli5399 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Learn history

  • @YoloHunt
    @YoloHunt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Now these are the shorts I want.

  • @dud3655
    @dud3655 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "My main goal is to blow up and then act like I don't know nobody!"
    -Blackbeard, circa idon'tfuckingknowwhen

  • @UltraDonny5000
    @UltraDonny5000 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    His biggest act was for the good of his men.
    That is incredibly respectable in itself.

  • @ludas7374
    @ludas7374 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    La buse: You want my treasure, you can have it. I left the clues on this necklace.

    • @sanjithd3343
      @sanjithd3343 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Assassins’ creed pirates reference?

  • @EdwardJamesKenway...
    @EdwardJamesKenway... 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That part made me cry. I always hate playing that part on replays.

  • @huntersama7644
    @huntersama7644 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    because he is the only person to have two devil fruits

  • @elcucuygarage
    @elcucuygarage 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It warms my heart to hear the word acquiesce used and implemented correctly.

  • @prophet1546
    @prophet1546 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    He was in whitebeards crew hiding as a commander.

  • @forsaken_king27
    @forsaken_king27 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man was the definition of 'Work Smart, Not Hard' 🏴‍☠️

  • @zachhibbard5147
    @zachhibbard5147 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    North Carolina loves Blackbeard! Well, we do now! Maybe not so much back in his day

  • @toy_bonnie
    @toy_bonnie 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Well he also captured Portgas Ace, became a warlord and then a Yonko, and has two fruits so there’s that.

  • @tanmayrajeshkota4518
    @tanmayrajeshkota4518 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love that Charlestown mission in ac black flag

  • @captaincaptain2128
    @captaincaptain2128 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He knew the power of a story. That's why he's so memorable. He built a legend knowing it would aid in his intimidation. He was a brilliant tactician.

  • @m.v.j6804
    @m.v.j6804 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Bro summoned the one piece fandom

  • @gmpick9793
    @gmpick9793 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The best portrayal of Blackbeard is in the show black sails.

  • @levisimon5237
    @levisimon5237 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    "In a world without gold, we might have been heroes"

  • @SavantPete
    @SavantPete 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That devil fruit he ate made him so strong

  • @thedon_0
    @thedon_0 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    The walter white of pirates

  • @greg_4201
    @greg_4201 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Capturing over 40 ships in a little under 2 years is absolutely nuts
    But it also shows you how busy those shipping lanes were

  • @shawnr771
    @shawnr771 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    People call him ruthless yet he understood that having the chest of medicine would help save the lives of his crew.
    Thereby increasing morale.
    Smart guy.

    • @_Stormfather
      @_Stormfather 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well the medicine was mercury, so I'm not sure that worked out the way he was hoping

    • @Explorerofshadows
      @Explorerofshadows 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@_Stormfather Mercury has a long history in medicine, haven't read many papers on it but it seemed to do the job atleast to an extent, the dosing decides between medicine and poison afterall

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Explorerofshadows For the effectiveness of Mercury in medicine.
      Read about the Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793.
      The History Guy on YT did a video about it a few years ago.
      The doctor mixed Morning Glory seeds and Mercury.
      He may have killed as many people as the disease.

  • @generic9117
    @generic9117 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    when you have a name like blackbeard you’re gonna be remembered

  • @borisbaran
    @borisbaran ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Because he ate two devil fruits and survived? Oh fuck, wrong franchise!

  • @Federal_Bureau_of_Investigatio
    @Federal_Bureau_of_Investigatio 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “Cautions nothing without charisma”

  • @RH-pl2yb
    @RH-pl2yb ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Very interesting. I was not aware that historians turned Blackbeard from AC4 into a real life person, wow.

    • @squuid15
      @squuid15 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don't know if you know this, but video games can't create people. And neither do historians. The man ALREADY EXISTED. Mind blowing, I know

    • @user-zq6yz5gf6d
      @user-zq6yz5gf6d ปีที่แล้ว +33

      ​@@squuid15 it was a joke.

    • @MetalGodMasino
      @MetalGodMasino 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      ​@@squuid15everyone: laughing at jokes and having a fun time
      That one annoying kid who was born without sense of humor :

    • @Dragono_
      @Dragono_ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@squuid15mf shut up

    • @amugus1174
      @amugus1174 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@MetalGodMasino true

  • @CSLucasEpic
    @CSLucasEpic 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Blackbeard also knew how to read and write, something extremely rare for a pirate back then.

  • @begiraffe8711
    @begiraffe8711 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    His source of power was the Yami Yami no mi

  • @GG-jw8pt
    @GG-jw8pt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Left Cricklewood and never looked back! Fair play to him!

  • @levitheguy6086
    @levitheguy6086 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    He would stand in the crows nest with several lit ropes in his beard while approaching vessels, and sometimes they would instantly surrender because they thought they were facing a demon.

  • @atlashums
    @atlashums 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    His appearance in Assassins Creed Black Flag was one of the most well crafted stories I’ve ever seen of him.

  • @KJH777GD
    @KJH777GD ปีที่แล้ว +5

    THE ONE PIEC E IS REALLL

  • @pessimistium5507
    @pessimistium5507 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Blackbeard acts like a gangsta until Red Haired Shanks appears.

  • @KpaxKenpachi
    @KpaxKenpachi ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When they finally were able to take him down they beheaded him and hung his head on the bow of their ship for everyone to see

    • @TH3CAPN
      @TH3CAPN ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Apparently they keelhauled him first

  • @ayejay2688
    @ayejay2688 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ngl i heard blackbeard, thought one piece, looked down, not one piece
    you got me good

  • @kloothommel6569
    @kloothommel6569 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Blackbeard caught a syphilis infection which apparently drove him mad. He was desperate looking to cure himself. Even injecting mercury straight into his [CENSORED] with a syringe.
    This is also why he blokaded Charleston for a chest of medicine

    • @hisaceinthehole3426
      @hisaceinthehole3426 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How did he not perish injecting mercury?

    • @xenogorwraithblade2538
      @xenogorwraithblade2538 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@hisaceinthehole3426 Homie was just built different, I dunno.

    • @jonahmoran3751
      @jonahmoran3751 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@hisaceinthehole3426he did. You don't instantly die.

  • @CalamityHillMusic
    @CalamityHillMusic 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man had over 30 stab wounds to his body in his final fight. Think about that!

  • @oom5768
    @oom5768 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Reminds me of Walter White a bit. Guy just comes in becomes a supercriminal for 2 years then goes again

  • @madamastersgaming
    @madamastersgaming 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    his secret of his terrifying methods came from his infatuation with the theatre.

  • @henryshaw3326
    @henryshaw3326 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Edward Teach from Bristol!

  • @LovleyLemonade
    @LovleyLemonade 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Blackbeard used to have a pretty strong sheild for a few years as well until Ubisoft nerfed tf outta him.

  • @Cato-y1j
    @Cato-y1j 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Fun fact, Blackbeard was from Bristol,

  • @Biggsman_IV
    @Biggsman_IV 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I didn’t know he was around there, that’s why so many things are pirate themed in the Carolina’s .

  • @jackrobertson5801
    @jackrobertson5801 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    “Im disinclined to acquiesced your request……. Means No!”
    Captain Barbosa

  • @Issa.nicholas
    @Issa.nicholas 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “In a world without gold we might have been hero’s.”

  • @halberputin51
    @halberputin51 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    Blackbeard is known for owning the first nuclear warhead 🌚

  • @nine-toedsloth7168
    @nine-toedsloth7168 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Guy had multiple devil fruit powers, of course he went down in history

  • @z_ooplazing7410
    @z_ooplazing7410 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So that’s how he got the medicine in ac4

  • @mountainmanmike9105
    @mountainmanmike9105 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Internet Historian "Gentleman Pirate" best part of Blackbeards career

  • @imjustanobody1233
    @imjustanobody1233 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    After playing assassins creed black flag I love this even more.

  • @jimx45
    @jimx45 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Blackbeard was against violence and only used intimidation. He was one of the nicer pirates

  • @nickclark18
    @nickclark18 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My great grandfathers great great great grandfather knew black beard personally. He sailed with him and passed down a treasure chest to his oldest son

  • @fica1137
    @fica1137 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2 seasons 2 MVPs, GOAT

  • @MasonC.S
    @MasonC.S 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Plot twist Black Beard was famous bc he was a govt informant

  • @naucs_
    @naucs_ 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Marshall D. Teach - Living legend

  • @Mephistopheles_666
    @Mephistopheles_666 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    For sure this dude barely finished raiding a ship and his crew was prolly like "OH SHIT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE!"

  • @slashinswingin4369
    @slashinswingin4369 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dude at the Dark Dark Fruit

  • @schuhaufdeinkopf5614
    @schuhaufdeinkopf5614 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    His real name is Marshall D. Teach. You are welcome guys.

    • @J-Alm
      @J-Alm 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Are you for real?
      You know its Edward Teach right?

    • @schuhaufdeinkopf5614
      @schuhaufdeinkopf5614 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@J-Alm zeeeehahahahaahah zehhahahahahaha

    • @MasterOfGrilling
      @MasterOfGrilling 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@J-Alm zehahahahaha

    • @veeraboddu4630
      @veeraboddu4630 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@J-Alm Dreams never die!

  • @jacksauce
    @jacksauce 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a South Carolinian I can confirm that Black Beard played a big role in our notoriety/history.

  • @potapotapotapotapotapota
    @potapotapotapotapotapota ปีที่แล้ว +120

    that's what he gets for stealing Whitebeard's treasure

  • @aiden.a4166
    @aiden.a4166 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    His anchor is at the Sneads ferry marina, pretty dope

  • @MthokozisiMajola-v6q
    @MthokozisiMajola-v6q 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Only 2 years. Black Beard was the real life Luffy

    • @Thememesbringer-hk6vc
      @Thememesbringer-hk6vc 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well

    • @notevencalm
      @notevencalm 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      2 years of timeskip
      So far only 2 months have passed in posttimeskip and Blackbeard will eventually lose to Luffy

  • @dwinters6291
    @dwinters6291 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Having use of multiple devil fruits is a massive feat

  • @ivankis3013
    @ivankis3013 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    His name was Edward Teech..(might be spelt wrong)

    • @Pirustae
      @Pirustae ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea we know

    • @kingvortex-m1n
      @kingvortex-m1n 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No it's Marshall.D.Teach

  • @erkl8823
    @erkl8823 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Looks like the Hound's preacher friend in G.O.T

  • @ElBadriano
    @ElBadriano ปีที่แล้ว +55

    He ate two Devil Fruits

  • @Richardc1083
    @Richardc1083 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He’s basically the Steve Austin of pirates.