This design and variations of it were very popular among pirate crews of the early 1700s, and it is possible that this design gave birth to the term “Jolly Rodger flag”. The most widely accepted pirate flag design used by Blackbeard has the black background on which skeleton toasts the devil with one hand, and spears the bleeding heart with another. ![]() ![]() ![]() Two designs compete for one against other, with conflicting reports describing a situation in which is even possible that Blackbeard had more than one flag design in use. However, history is not entirely clear on the exact design of his Jolly Rodgers flag. Because of his popularity, Blackbeard’s flag remained a point of contention among many historians who tried to determine exact design of the flag that chilled the blood in the veins of his victims.
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