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The Worcester Affair

Leith, Edinburgh

An English captain hanged for piracy on the sands of Leith.

In 1705 Captain Thomas Green of the English ship Worcester was seized at Leith and accused of piracy against a Scottish ship. Tensions between England and Scotland were running high.

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When
April 1705
Where
55.9790, -3.1700
Group
Pirates

Visiting

Leith Links and the Shore are a short bus ride from Edinburgh centre.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
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Blood and Gold

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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