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Bartholomew Roberts

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Noun1.Bartholomew Roberts - a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)Bartholomew Roberts - a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)


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One text, linked with Captain Bartholomew Roberts -- or "Black Bart," a Welsh pirate who prowled the Caribbean in the 18th century -- gives a clue into how structured pirate societies may have been.
Bartholomew Roberts, 'Black Bart' as he became known, was born in 1682.
On one terrifying three-day rampage, Bartholomew Roberts and his cut-throat band commandeered 15 English and French ships and then hanged the governor of Martinique from the yardarm.
 
 
 
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