Henry Morgan

✶January 24, 1631

†August 25, 1688

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About their life

Sir Henry Morgan was a Welsh privateer, plantation owner and, later, the lieutenant governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he and those under his command raided settlements and shipping on the Spanish Main, from which he profited. With the prize money and plunder from these raids, Morgan purchased three large sugar plantations in Jamaica.

Welsh pirate (1635-1688)

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Biography from the article Henry Morgan on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.