Barbary Pirate
The Life and Crimes of John Ward, the Most Infamous Privateer of His Time
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The first fifty years of John Ward's life were those of an ordinary seaman. But, in 1603, he celebrated his half-century by leading a mass desertion from the Navy of James I, stealing a vessel, and defecting to the Ottoman Empire's outpost at Tunis. There he set himself up as a privateer under the protection of the Pasha of Tunis; rejuvenating the Muslim Barbary Corsairs and leading them in successful attacks against Christian shipping. Wealthy as a lord, Ward purchased a palatial mansion and set up a mock court in which he presided over a scruffy band of English and European renegades, issuin...
The first fifty years of John Ward's life were those of an ordinary seaman. But, in 1603, he celebrated his half-century by leading a mass desertion from the Navy of James I, stealing a vessel, and defecting to the Ottoman Empire's outpost at Tunis. There he set himself up as a privateer under the protection of the Pasha of Tunis; rejuvenating the Muslim Barbary Corsairs and leading them in successful attacks against Christian shipping. Wealthy as a lord, Ward purchased a palatial mansion and set up a mock court in which he presided over a scruffy band of English and European renegades, issuing decrees and receiving obeisance like a king. But Ward secretly wanted to go home and began negotiations for a pardon with King James I. He failed. Ward was infamous in Europe - regarded as a Judas to his country - and his conversion to Islam towards the end of his life was the ultimate scandal.
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