Pirate Black Bart Roberts recruits a Canadian fisherman | Canadiana Channel #shorts

Crazy stories about piracy in the North Atlantic. Did you know pirates loved to recruit Canadian fishermen? Some of them were so unhappy with their day job that they jumped at the chance!

If you enjoyed this clip, you can find the full episode of "The Rise of Piracy in Canada" here: https://youtu.be/XnnObrS05jc — there's even a connection (in part 2) between piracy and the foundation of two big banks in Canada: CIBC and Scotiabank.

The 1600s had been a time of war but when those wars ended, it left sailors unemployed or facing gruelling, low-paying work. The swashbuckling life of a pirate was much more alluring. The seas were flooded with them. Legendary names like Black Beard, William Kid, Anne Bonnie and Captain Morgan. They all needed crews and Peter Easton had proven that Canada's east coast was the perfect place to get them, with an endless supply of experienced sailors who really hated their day jobs.

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