Caribbean pirate by day, Boston celebrity also by day.

>[**Captain**] [Morgan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Henry_Morgan_in_colour.jpg) had little or nothing to do with the North American territories, but other pirates sailed there regularly to trade and find refuge from authorities that had placed a price on their heads. One buccaneer, nicknamed “Breha,” was so popular in Boston that when a dutiful citizen told the governor that the man and his posse were in town, his enraged neighbors nearly lynched the rat. ____________________________ **Source:** Talty, Stephan. “Rich and Wicked.” *Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan’s Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws’ Bloody Reign*. New York: Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2007. 131. Print. ____________________________ **Further Reading:** [Harri Morgan / Sir Henry Morgan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgan)