Samuel Bellamy was born to working class parents in 17th-century England, but he died the richest pirate who ever lived. Known for his good looks, he earned the nickname "Black Sam" because he ...

America’s largest mass pirate burial ground has been discovered and it contains the remains of the crew of Captain Black Sam Bellamy, the revolutionary “Robin Hood of the sea”, researchers ...

In a year, Black Sam Bellamy and his crew raided 54 ships along the U.S. East Coast and the Caribbean. All in all they captured treasure worth $120 million today, according to Forbes magazine.

The legendary pirate Samuel Bellamy was never found after his ship got wrecked in 1717. But archeologists discovered his ship, the Whydah, off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., in 1982.

YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) – Researchers say they’re working to use DNA to identify whether a human bone recovered from a Cape Cod shipwreck belongs to the infamous pirate Samuel “Black Sam ...

Experts are planning to perform DNA analysis on a human bone recovered from a Cape Cod shipwreck to determine whether it belongs to the infamous pirate Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy. The Whydah ...

YARMOUTH, Mass. --A bone fragment recovered from a Cape Cod shipwreck is not from infamous pirate Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy after all.The Whydah Pirate Museum in Yarmouth announced Thursday that ...

Black Sam Bellamy met his fate in Davy Jones’ locker more than three centuries ago, but his namesake hideaway, Black’s Island, is now asking $50 million, according to a press release.

The exhibit at Foxwoods Resort Casino “Real Pirates” focuses on Black Sam Bellamy, the Prince of Pirates who sailed the Atlantic and Caribbean, waylaying and robbing every non-pirate ship that ...

Known simply as Black's Island, the private Florida getaway was named after notorious Black Sam Bellamy — "the Robin Hood of Pirates." Now it's for sale at $50 million.

YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) – Researchers say they’re working to use DNA to identify whether a human bone recovered from a Cape Cod shipwreck belongs to the infamous pirate Samuel “Black Sam ...