A General History of the Pirates · Character
Worley
A pirate captain whose brief career ended in capture and execution in Virginia.
supporting
Also known as Captain Worley
First appearance: Of Captain Worley, and His Crew
As a supporting figure in A General History of the Pirates, Worley is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Captain Worley led a small but resolute crew from New York in a small open boat, eventually commanding a sloop with 25 men.
Worley operates in the waters off the American colonies, where pirate crews preyed on merchant shipping and risked the gallows at every port. His story belongs to the broader pattern the narrator traces, of bold adventurers whose rise is sudden and whose end is often the scaffold. His fate in Virginia shows the colonies' growing determination to hang pirates rather than tolerate them, closing one of the many doors the sea rovers had counted on.
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Character groups
- Pirates, Captains, and Officials
- Protagonist
- Pirate Captains and Hunters
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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