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People say that Pirates would "rape and pillage", but how much rape did they actually commit? If I was on a ship crossing the Atlantic in those days, should I, as a woman, need to worry about my virtue in the event of a Pirate raid?

by /u/kylosbetrayal in /r/AskHistorians

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