JackRackhamwasawell-knownpirateinhisdays,buthisreputationhassurvivedprimarilybecauseofthetwowomenpiratesonhiscrew:AnneBonny,whowashismistress,andMaryRead.
InlateOctober1720,thepirateswerecelebratingtheirrecentvictoriesintheirhard-drinkingtraditionwhentheyweresurprisedbyaBritishNavysloop.Thedrunkenmalepiratesquicklyhidbelowdeck,whilethetwowomenfoughtfuriouslytodefendtheirship,tonoavail.
BeforeRackham'sexecution,Bonnywasallowedtovisithiminhiscell.Shetauntedhimbysaying,"Ifyouhadfoughtlikeaman,youneednothanglikeadog."
Bonnywasatthattimepregnant,andescapedimmediateexecutionby"pleadingherbelly."Apparentlyshewasneverhanged.Somesaythatherwealthyfatherboughtherrelease.
傑克.拉克姆生前是個著名海盜,但他的名聲流傳至今,主要是因為手下有兩個女海盜,一是他的情婦安.邦尼,一是瑪麗.利德。
一七二○年十月杪,他們一夥海盜循例狂飲祝捷時,被英國海軍一艘砲艦突襲。那些醉醺醺的男海盜連忙躲到甲板下,邦尼、利德則力戰抗敵,但徒勞無功。
拉克姆被處決前,邦尼獲准到囚室探望。她嘲笑拉克姆說:「你當時要是像個男人一樣戰鬥,現在就不必像狗一樣上吊。」
邦尼那時懷孕,於是以大肚子為言,得免即時處死。她後來應是逃過絞刑。有人說,她富裕的父親出錢買得她釋放。