Episode 1 of 2
Capture and Trial
- When
- October-November 1720
- Where
- Trial location
Rackham was captured in October 1720 and tried in Spanish Town in November.
After stealing a sloop in August 1720, Rackham was captured by Jonathan Barnet on 22 October. He was brought to Spanish Town, Jamaica, where Governor Lawes presided over his trial for piracy.
Sources
- John Rackham Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-17
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.