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The waters of Ocracoke Inlet mark where the pirate Edward Teach — Blackbeard — was killed on November 22, 1718, in battle with British Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard. There is no monument here, no dock, no interpretive sign. Just the inlet, the same water, the same wind.
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