Actually did have a library aboard his ship, according to the sources interviewed in A General History
Known as an escape artist; once broke out of jail disguised as a woman
His execution was stayed seven times! Presumably what prompted the judge to finally give him the noose was the pro-piracy rabble of Charleston causing civic unrest!
A whole bunch of "respectable" people tried to plead for his release, including old friends from Barbados, several wealthy cougars among the ladies of Charleston, and the same pirate-hunter who captured him!
