Blackbeard's Face Was His Greatest Weapon

Blackbeard and his pirates rarely fought the merchant vessels they commandeered. Their secret? Pure intimidation.

From: SECRETS: Blackbeard's Ship

[JK-xpjv]

It was Blackbeard's Size that scared people. He was 6'5" and weighted 220 pounds. He was a big guy for that time frame

[matthewsexton]

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
- Sun Tzu

[nailo]

"Blackbeard's Face Was His Greatest Weapon"

that's a weird way of calling someone ugly

[tobiasretta]

When I was young, I thought that Blackbeard was the evil twin of Santa

[MetroXLR]

So, he used Fear and Intimidation and (allegedly) never killed anyone.

Blackbeard sounds like a pirate version of Batman with that description.

[lindaboyce]

WOW, i am surprised- no killing until the last battle to the death? wow.

[denhemmeligepungrotte]

imagine the awkward casting conversation for this episode "hey mate your face is hella scary, wanna play blackbeard ?"

[snakes]

Imagine being on a ship and encountering this towering figure, his face wreathed in smoke, his eyes alight with fury, and armed to the teeth

[Razgriz]

" Why wave a Black Flag when you can wear a Black Beard?"

[katipuneronibonifacio]

"For the pearl"

-Hector Barbossa

[antifugazi]

Blackbeard was born in my town, the same town as Banksy.

[nimitz]

I don't see how anyone would really know that he never killed before..

[kaytlinjustis]

I LOVE learning about historical pirates! For some reason, I think they have more class than today's pirates!

[MediaArchive-zf]

There is a campaign to have a statue of Blackbeard made in his hometown of Bristol right now.

[juansolo]

Blackbeard is my hero... even today. He deserves it.

[THESAMMANCAN]

BlackBeard was also a Bristolian from the UK as well. He would have seen alot of the slave trade going on back then too. What a badass

[ROBBANKS]

A good percentage of us needed glasses and we couldn’t see that his hair on fire was not a lit fuse.

[hand]

Tf was i recommended this 4 years later

[roastingminer]

Its true i met him yesterday at the pub, a rather nice chap

[jackbuckley]

Edward Teach was his real name, I believe, or possibly Thatch, historians aren't sure. In terms of movie-portrayals, Robert Newton, of Long John Silver/Treasure Island fame, the best, as the actor was born to play a pirate. Peter Ustinov played him in comical/sympathetic-fashion, a pirate who simply was misunderstood & unfairly-treated by history, but who possessed a heart-of-gold.