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In Robert Louis Stevenson's *Treasure Island*, a pirate is given the 'Black Spot' and reacts as though he was given a death sentence. Was there any real equivalent to this among Caribbean pirates?

by /u/Oozing_Sex in /r/AskHistorians

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