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Henry Jennings

fl. 1715–1720 · 18th century

Henry Jennings was an English privateer and pirate based in Jamaica and the Bahamas. In 1716 he raided the Spanish salvage camps of the wrecked 1715 treasure fleet off Florida, and he became one of the leading captains of the pirate community at Nassau. He accepted the royal pardon offered by Woodes Rogers in 1718, helping to end the Republic of Pirates.

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