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A two-masted pirate sloop raising the red flag to signal no quarter will be given. From the TV series Black Sails. ©2016 Starz Entertainment

An 18th-century engraving showing the pirate Edward England and his ship Fancy attacking the East India Company ship Cassandra in 1720.

Filadelfia Coffee Plantation, Guatemala.

Oil palm harvester in Indonesia Photo by Lucy McHugh/CIFOR.

Harvesting Coffee, Brazil, 1830s, lithograph by Johann Moritz Rugendas, first published in Voyage Pittoresque dans le Bresil, Paris, 1835; also published in same year in German. Reprinted in Viagem Pitoresca Atravé do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro...

Slaves cutting the sugar cane, plate IV of the series "Ten Views in the Island of Antigua" by William Clark, London, 1823. British Library, London.

An illustration showing the notorious English pirate Captain Edward Low, marooned by his crew in 1724. Low was active in the Caribbean and eastern Atlantic from 1721 to 1724 during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). (National Maritime...

A late-19th century cigarette card showing the notorious English pirate Edward Low who was active in the Caribbean and eastern Atlantic from 1721 to 1724 during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). Low was known for his acts of cruelty on...

The Jolly Roger pirate flag of the English pirate Edward 'Ned' Low (d. 1724). Low was one of the cruelest of all pirate captains during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730), notorious for torturing and mutilating his captives.

Tadhg Murphy as the English pirate Edward 'Ned' Low (d. 1724) in the TV series Black Sails. Low was one of the cruelest of all pirate captains during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730), notorious for torturing and mutilating his captives...