This week's pirate of the week is Edward Low (1690-1724(possibly)). He is known today as one of the most ruthless pirates of the golden age of piracy (roughly 1680-1730).
During his active years, he terrorized the west coast of North America and gained a reputation of an extremely violent pirate.
Edward Low was born in Westminster, London, to a poor family. He turned to a life of crime and by 1710 had made his way to America. He drifted from city to city for about 4 years until he met his wife. Sadly she died delivering there only child which turned Edward Low back toward a life of crime.
Low, now a pirate captain, managed to capture several trade ships off the coast of Boston and New York. This gave him the funds to relocate to more lucrative waters of Caribbean. Where he soon became lieutenant for the well-known veteran pirate Captain George Lowther.
His exploits in the Caribbean brought the death of many of his prisoners, and tales of his crimes reached every corner of the Atlantic. Many surviving victims of his pirate attacks described Low as a psychopath who liked to inflict pain to others.
In 1723 the Caribbean authorities could no longer endure Low’s crimes anymore, so they dispatched a force to capture or kill him as quickly as possible. According to some sources, he was found by the French who after finding out who he was promptly hanged him in Martinique. Other sources claim that he managed to escape, and that he lived the remainder of his life in Brazil.
I guess we will never know exactly what happened to Edward Low but ultimately he did meet his demise.
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