Calico Jack then cruised the Leeward Islands, Jamaica Channel and Windward Passage. He accepted a pardon in 1719 and moved to New Providence, where he met Anne Bonny, who was married to James Bonny at the time. He returned to piracy in 1720 by stealing a British sloop and Anne joined him. Their new crew included Mary Read, who was disguised as a man at the time. After a short run, Rackham was captured by Royal Navy pirate hunter Jonathan Barnet in 1720 and was hanged in November of that year in Port Royal, Jamaica. Little is known of Rackham's upbringing or
Mary-Anne Thomas Mary-Anne Thomas Mary-Anne Thomas (born 26 February 1963) is an Australian politician. She has been an Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the electorate of Macedon. Mary-Anne studied at Wodonga High School, completed her teaching degree at the Melbourne College of Advanced Education and holds a Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations from Victoria University and a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Melbourne. Mary-Anne worked for 25 years across public, private and community sectors. She began her career as a secondary teacher, then worked in the union movement before becoming an advisor