Torterous ways

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Pirates used various ways to torture victims of crime . most of the ways that were used upon pirate ship were extremely true and violent.
Being a pirate meant there were numerous ways you could find your self in the position where you were being punished.

If your stole or did not follow the orders of the ship given out by the captain of the ship you could find your self in a lot of trouble which ended with being punched in a very cruel way. as mentioned in the pirates code of conduct, no boy or women was allowed on the ship and if they were t find one on board they would been killed. if you leaved at a time of war when you are found you will be marooned.

All of the previous offenses could get your nose and ears slit and be left on the next land that was reached on the ship. You could be put to death. keel hauling was a well known torture device that is when they tie you to ropes that go under the boat and pull each of the ropes one at a time making you scrape against the bottom of the boat until you drown or something in the water eats you. It was very painful because the boat would scrap off the skin on your back until there was nothing left. This was just one of the many extremely harsh and violent ways that you could be punished during the golden age of piracy.

In my opinion I think that these were too harsh for the so called crimes that people were committing. I get that they wanted to get their point across but there are many ways they could have done that which did not include having your skin scrapped off, being thrown over board or being left to die on abandoned island.

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