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The Pirate History Podcast

Episode 72 - Jewish Pirates of the West Indies part 1

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4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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The Jewish Pirates of the West Indies have their roots in the Sephardi Jews of Spain. Today we tell their story from the destruction of the second temple in 70 CE to their arrival on Jamaica in the company of Christopher Columbus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an airwave media podcast.

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My name is Greg Jackson.

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I'm a PhD holding historian, a professor and the creator of history that doesn't suck.

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A podcast that makes legit seriously researched

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American history come to life through entertaining stories. Join me for a

0:17.2

chronological telling of the United States story. From the revolution to

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fractious civil war, tenacious inventors, brave reformers, and more.

0:24.0

With more than 100 episodes, you can already binge a listen to your way from 1776 to the early 20th century.

0:29.5

Listen to history that doesn't suck on Spotify.

0:39.1

Today's show is also brought to you by our Patreon supporters, including our Commodore class. That's Commodore's scurvy Pete, cane, Kenway, Hefe, Zumen, Black Tipp, Matthew the Navigator,

0:48.0

Le Chuck, Bull, Vertagon, Conif Alinde, Romgut, and Bootstrap's Bailey.

0:55.0

Last time I said we would be talking about the Sun King, Louis the 14th of France, but it occurred

1:01.0

to me that it made more sense to cover some of the other topics I've been

1:05.8

waiting to cover before that.

1:08.5

The story of Louis the 14th is a story of Kings and National politics. It's a big story and it's deeply

1:16.4

intertwined with everything that will lead us into the next age of piracy. I know

1:22.3

some of you were excited for the story of Louis the 14th and don't worry

1:26.1

it's coming but before we do that over the next few weeks I want to talk about a few of the

1:31.1

other ideas events and pirates of the

1:34.0

buccaneering age of piracy. The Hello. Hello, welcome to the Pirate History Podcast. My name is Matt. Thank you for listening.

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The history of the Jewish people is long and complex. It's among the longest

2:18.3

and most complex stories one could,

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