🔒 Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 14: There be (almost no) pirates: Black Caesar, The Princess Bride, and Pirate Taxes

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Were there pirates in the Florida Keys? Who was Black Caesar? What does Black Caesar have in common with The Princess Bride?
Brad Bertelli explains it all.

Links We Mentioned

Elliot Key in Biscayne National Park

Florida Keys History with Brad Bertelli, Volume II

Mostly Fake Black Caesar History

General History of Pyrates (1724)

Gasparilla Pirate Fest

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1. Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 14: There be (almost no) pirates: Black Caesar, The Princess Bride, and Pirate Taxes (00:00:00)

2. [Ad] Untethered & Wanderwise: Female Travel Over 45 (00:13:43)

3. (Cont.) Florida Keys Spectacular Episode 14: There be (almost no) pirates: Black Caesar, The Princess Bride, and Pirate Taxes (00:14:07)