Pirate code
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A pirate code, pirate articles, or articles of agreement were a code of conduct for governing pirates. A group of sailors, on turning pirate, would draw up their own code or articles, which provided rules for discipline, division of stolen goods, and compensation for injured pirates.
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See also
- Richard Taylor, another Golden Age pirate whose Articles were recorded by witnesses
- Parley, part of the code according to the Pirates of the Caribbean (film series).
- Distribution of justice
- Ching Shih
- Governance in 18th-century piracy
- Piracy in the Caribbean
- Pirates in popular culture
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