Richard Frowd (

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1718–1719) was a pirate active in the

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. He is best known for sailing with William Moody. He was one of a number of pirates to have both white and black sailors in his crew.

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Frowd was in the Caribbean in his 8-gun 60-man

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alongside Englishman William Moody’s 36-gun 130-man ''Rising Sun'' and another ship in 1718. There they captured several ships near St. Christopher’s, looting some and burning others, continuing through early 1719 after resupplying at St. Thomas in December. Their aggression prompted Governor Hamilton to request assignment of a warship from England for protection. Frowd acted as a

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to Moody’s ''Rising Sun'' but also took ships on his own, including a

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from

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near the

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in January 1719. After cruising the Caribbean for a time, Moody sailed for the coast of Africa. Near

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around April 1719 Moody and his supporters marooned

Thomas Cocklyn Jeremiah Cocklyn, better known by the name Thomas Cocklyn ( fl. 1717–1719), was an English pirate known primarily for his association with Howell Davis, Olivier Levasseur, Richard Taylor, and William Moody. History Cocklyn was among the hu ...

, and were themselves in turn forced off the ''Rising Sun'' and into a small boat, and were presumed to have been lost at sea. Frowd may have parted ways from Moody before crossing the Atlantic, or have been replaced as captain of Moody’s consort ship by that time: records of the incident with Cocklyn and the ''Rising Sun'' (from the testimony of captured sailor

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) mention several pirates by name but Frowd was not among them. A number of pirates allowed blacks to serve on board their ships, though there is no general agreement on whether they were equal to white crewmen or had lesser status.

Edward England Edward England ( –1721) was an Irish pirate. The ships he sailed on included the ''Pearl'' (which he renamed ''The Royal James'') and later the ''Fancy'', for which England exchanged the ''Pearl'' in 1720. His flag was the classic Joll ...

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Augustin Blanco Augustin Blanco (fl. 1700–1725) was a pirate active in the Caribbean. He was noted for attacking in open boats, and for having a mixed-race crew. History Blanco was from Baracoa, Cuba, and had been operating in the Caribbean for some time: “a ...

, Moody, Frowd, and others were reported with mixed crews; Frowd's was described as "60 men, whites and blacks".

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