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- Dixie_Bull abstract "Dixie Bull [or Dixey Bull] was an English sea captain, and the first pirate known to prey on shipping off the New England coast, especially Maine. A native of London, he came to Boston in 1631 and started sailing the Maine coast with a small vessel, trading with the Indians. In 1632, traveling in the Penobscot Bay area, he was attacked by a roving band of French in a small pinnace; or possibly he was present in Castine Harbor when a French force attacked the trading post there. Whatever the details, his ship was captured and all his trade goods and provisions confiscated.Fired with revenge, he traveled back to Boston, assembled a crew of 20-25 men, and entered upon a career of piracy to recoup his losses. Ironically, he did not target French shipping, probably because the English traders were wealthier.His fame as \"the dread pirate\" derived from his attack in 1632 on the settlement of Pemaquid, which was then center of the lucrative fur trade in Maine. Few pirates had the temerity to attack a defended town. Sailing into the harbour, with what is said to be three ships, he opened fire on the stockade there, and sacked the town. The booty seized is variously said to have been £55 or $2500.Some stories say he joined the French, others that he returned to England, and others that he was hanged in Tyburn. Legend says that he buried treasure on Damariscove Island and Cushing Island in Casco Bay, Maine.The legend of Dixie Bull was soon enshrined in ballads, the most famous of them being \"The Story of Dixie Bull\" and \"The Slaying of Dixie Bull\". This ballad describes a duel between Dixie Bull and a fisherman from Pemaquid, Daniel Curtis, on an island near that town, in which Dixie Bull was killed, saving the town.".
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- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Boston.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Bristol,_Maine.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Casco_Bay.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Castine,_Maine.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_folklore.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_pirates.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_pirates.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Category:Year_of_birth_unknown.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Category:Year_of_death_unknown.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Cushing_Island,_Maine.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Damariscove_Island.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink England.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Full-rigged_pinnace.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Fur_trade.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink London.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Maine.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink New_England.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Penobscot_Bay.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Piracy.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Stockade.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLink Tyburn.
- Dixie_Bull wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dixie Bull".
- Dixie_Bull allegiance England.
- Dixie_Bull baseOfOperations Boston.
- Dixie_Bull name "Dixie Bull".
- Dixie_Bull nickname "The Dread Pirate".
- Dixie_Bull rank "Captain".
- Dixie_Bull serviceyears "1631".
- Dixie_Bull type "Pirate".
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- Dixie_Bull wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Pirates.
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- Dixie_Bull subject Category:American_folklore.
- Dixie_Bull subject Category:American_pirates.
- Dixie_Bull subject Category:English_pirates.
- Dixie_Bull subject Category:Year_of_birth_unknown.
- Dixie_Bull subject Category:Year_of_death_unknown.
- Dixie_Bull hypernym Captain.
- Dixie_Bull type Person.
- Dixie_Bull type Study.
- Dixie_Bull comment "Dixie Bull [or Dixey Bull] was an English sea captain, and the first pirate known to prey on shipping off the New England coast, especially Maine. A native of London, he came to Boston in 1631 and started sailing the Maine coast with a small vessel, trading with the Indians. In 1632, traveling in the Penobscot Bay area, he was attacked by a roving band of French in a small pinnace; or possibly he was present in Castine Harbor when a French force attacked the trading post there.".
- Dixie_Bull label "Dixie Bull".
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