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# Anne Bonny

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Anne Bonny was a pirate who served under John Rackham. Amongst the few recorded female pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy, she has become one of the most recognized pirates of the era, as well as the history of piracy in general.

##  Quotes by Anne Bonny

> [Had you fought like a man, you need not have been hang'd like a dog.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bonny/had-you-fought-like-a-man-you-need-not-have-been-hang-d-like-a-dog/)

[Anne Bonny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bonny/)

[Dog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dog/)

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> [As to hanging, it is no great hardship. For were it not for that, every cowardly fellow would turn pirate and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bonny/as-to-hanging-it-is-no-great-hardship-for-were-it-not-for-that-every/)

[Anne Bonny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bonny/)

[Courage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courage/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/anne-bonny-72851_courage_as-to-hanging-it-is-no-great-hardship-fo_1997358.jpg)

> [I am sorry to see you here, but if you had fought like a man, you needn't be hanged like a dog.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bonny/i-am-sorry-to-see-you-here-but-if-you-had-fought-like-a-man-you-needn/)

[Anne Bonny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bonny/)

[Am sorry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/am-sorry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/anne-bonny-72851_am-sorry_i-am-sorry-to-see-you-here-but-if-you-ha_2997515.png)

> [“If you would have fought like a man you wouldn't have to die like a dog." (Anne Bonny to John "Calico Jack"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bonny/if-you-would-have-fought-like-a-man-you-wouldn-t-have-to-die-like-a/)

[Anne Bonny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bonny/)

[Fought](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fought/)

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