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Today is Thursday, November 28th, 2019.

On this day in 1720, Anne Bonnie and Mary Reed were convicted of piracy and sentenced to hang, only to receive a last-minute

reprieve. They would both be remembered as two of the most famous pirates in history for both

their fearsome violence and the fact that they were women.

Welcome to today in true crime, a parcast original. Today we're covering two of the most famous female pirates in the golden age of piracy,

and Bonnie and Mary Reed. After the capture of their ship, the William,

and Captain Jack Rackham, the crew was put on trial.

Let us go back in time to 1720s Jamaica at the court where the two women awaited their fate.

The Admiralty Court was ready to hand down its verdict.

Ten days earlier, Captain Calico Jack Rackham

had been sent to hang, along with four of his crew.

The only pirates left to sentence were Anne Bonnie and Mary Reed, the two women who had supposedly dressed as men and participated in Jack's heinous crimes.

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