DAYTONA BEACH — Ben Johnson sat in a tattoo parlor chair ... was already completely filled with black ink depicting a female pirate's face and the ship that was completed Friday.

when Blackbeard's pirate ship ended up in a final standoff against the British Royal Navy off the coast of North Carolina, Blackbeard, who was killed in that battle, entrusted Black Caesar to blow ...

black pirates on the ocean had the right to vote, could bear arms, got an equal share of the booty and were even elected captains of predominantly white crews. “The deck of a pirate ship was the ...