They called him Black Sam Bellamy. And though the nickname suggests a fearsome pirate, Samuel Bellamy did not have a reputation as a marauding and violent captain. On the contrary, he was fair to ...

Nearly half of the 26 bungalows on Florida’s Black’s Island — a 7-acre oasis named for former inhabitant and 18th-century pirate “Black Sam” Bellamy — are now available for new owners ...