Samuel Bellamy
   Samuel Bellamy also known as "Black Bellamy" or "Black Sam", was known to be one of the most active Pirates. He found a wealthy sponsor and made an expedition to the south, to search for sunken Spanish treasure. This Failed and he came home with nothing but a wife. Soon after he left his wife and family behind in a town close to Canterbury to sail the seas again. Bellamy served as an apprentice to Benjamin Hornigold, who was known for hid generosity to hostages and reluctance to plunder English ships. Bellamy was elected captain when Hornigold died. Bellamy proved himself to be one of the most successful pirates, mainly in the West Indies. He was well known to entertain his crew with good speeches, of which he considered his own self quite a master. His ship the Whydah broke apart on a sandbar during a violent storm off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1717.The ship was loaded with plunder that included 180 bags of gold and silver, was lost to the storm. Two men survived the tragedy, one who disappeared in history; while the other man, Thomas Davis, lived on to pass down the intense story of the shipwreck. Treasure hunter Barry Clifford found the treasure in 1984.