Jonathan Barnet | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1677/78 |
| Died | 1728 (aged 50–51) Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | Privateer, slaveholder |
| Years active | 1712–1720 |
| Era | Golden Age of Piracy |
| Known for | Capturing pirates Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read |
| Piratical career | |
| Base of operations | Caribbean |
| Commands | Tyger |
Jonathan Barnet (1677/78 – 1745)[1][2] was an English privateer in the Caribbean, best known for capturing pirates Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read. The Assembly of the Colony of Jamaica gave him a financial reward, and a large estate in the parish of St James worked by African slaves.[3]
- ^ Journals of the Assembly of Jamaica, 3 April 1745, p. 678.
- ^ "Jonathan Barnet", Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662203 Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Michael Sivapragasam, "Becoming 'Structurally White' in Eighteenth Century Jamaica", Caribbean Cosmopolitanisms and Caribbean Sciences, ed. by Nicholas Faraclas, etc (Curacao/Puerto Rico: University of Curacao, 2022), p. 122.