Diabolito | |
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Born | |
Died | 1823 near Matanzas, Cuba |
Piratical career | |
Nickname | Little Devil |
Type | Pirate |
Years active | 1810s-1820s |
Rank | Captain |
Base of operations | Cuba |
Diabolito or Little Devil (died July 1823) was a 19th-century Cuban pirate. One of the more violent of the era, he engaged the United States Navy and Revenue Marine Service several times, being one of the main fugitives hunted and pursued later by American Naval forces during the West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States in the Caribbean during the 1820s. He was also known for having a mixed-race crew, which included “English, Frenchmen, Spaniards, Mulattoes, and Negroes.”