title: The Politics of Piracy: Crime and Civil Disobedience in Colonial America
author:  Douglas R. Burgess 
description: "'Captivating' isn't a term often applied to non-fiction books, but it aptly describes this account of politics, piracy, and law. It reads more like a novel than nonfiction. What I particularly liked was that Burgess examines colonies and people who rarely get more than a few mentions in other histories of piracy."-- "Pirates and Privateers, The History of Maritime Piracy"
zlib_text: #  PIRACY  
  OFF THE FLORIDA COAST  
  AND ELSEWHERE
  
  ##  BY  
  SAMUEL A. GREEN
  
  CAMBRIDGE  
  JOHN WILSON AND SON  
  **University Press**  
  1911
  
  * * *
  
  From the  
  Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society  
  for February, 1911.
  
  * * *
  
  #  PIRACY OFF THE FLORIDA COAST AND ELSEWHERE
  
  At a stated meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society , held in Boston
  on Thursday, February 9, 1911, Dr. Samuel A. Green presented the following
  paper:—
  
  Few persons of the present day are aware how extensively piracy prevailed two
  centuries ago. There was no part of the high seas that was free from the
  depredation of roving robbers. At times they threatened towns on the coast,
  and at others they attacked ships on mid-ocean; and they seem to have followed
  their lawless pursuits at will. When caught, there was little delay in
  bringing them to trial and securing a conviction; and trivial technicality in
  forms played no part in reaching results. At times there were multiple
  executions, and in the com