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Slight misconception with this tweet here. He was not affiliated with the Caribbean pirates. His story revolves around North Africa and the Mediterranean. Lemme tell you lot about this fella. https://twitter.com/mhussa95/status/984802092941529088
It was right after the failed invasion of England by the Spanish Armada. Jack Ward was an English privateer who made a living off of plundering Spanish ships under the licenseâcalled the Letters of Marqueâof Queen Elizabeth I.
After King James I ended the war with the Spaniards, many privateers chose to continue to plunderâbecause, you know, money
Without new Letters of Marque, however, they officially became pirates 
Jack Ward was one of them.
Without new Letters of Marque, however, they officially became pirates Jack Ward was one of them.
Ward and his comrades sailed to the Mediterranean where they began plundering ships, most notably Venetian ships, using Tunisia as a base via an agreement with the Pasha (the Ottomans were always in our faces 
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Italy got real madârightfully so, tbhâand threatened to declare war on England 
England was pretty pissed off about this random Ward dude putting the entire country at risk.
England was pretty pissed off about this random Ward dude putting the entire country at risk.
When Ward asked for a royal pardon, King James I was like ânah, go awayâ
So he went back to Tunisia, converted to Islam, and joined the Barbary Corsairs, a fleet of revered Moorish, Turkish, and North African âpiratesâ who sailed the Mediterranean. A pretty wild end ngl.
So he went back to Tunisia, converted to Islam, and joined the Barbary Corsairs, a fleet of revered Moorish, Turkish, and North African âpiratesâ who sailed the Mediterranean. A pretty wild end ngl.
He changed his name to Yusuf RaÄŤs, and is suspected to have inspired Jack Sparrow, because the dude was known to be really drunk, always. Literally. Thatâs it. 
Heâs not the most interesting fellow. He was just White. If you want to know about really cool Muslim âpiratesâ, await my long-overdue Barbary Corsair thread. Featuring a Moorish Pirate Queen, the one and only Barbarossa, and a whole lot of North Africaâfor better or for worse.
