# Worley — A General History of the Pirates character guide

> Worley in A General History of the Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Captain Worley

**First appearance:** 0015-xi-of-captain-worley-and-his-crew

## Snapshot

A pirate captain whose brief career ended in capture and execution in Virginia.

## Who they are

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.

## In the story

### [Of Captain Worley, and His Crew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_general_history_of_the_pirates_se/chapters/xi-of-captain-worley-and-his-crew)

Captain Worley led a small but resolute crew from New York in a small open boat, eventually commanding a sloop with 25 men. He swore his crew to take no quarter and was killed except for himself and one other, who were hanged.

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