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Between August and October 1720 two female pirates named Anne Bonny and Mary Readterrorized the Caribbean in and around Jamaica Despite their short career they became two of the most notorious pirates during the height of the eighteenthcentury Golden Age of Piracy In a world dominated by men they became infamous for their bravery cruelty and unwavering determination to escape the social constraints placed on women during that time Despite their infamy mystery shrouds their lives before they became pirates Their biographies were recorded in Captain Charles Johnsons 1724 book A General History of the Pyrates depicting the two women as illegitimate women raised by men who against insurmountable odds crossed paths in Nassau and became pirates together But how much is fact versus fiction