East India Trading Company Pirates ((free)) -

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The pirate wanted your gold. The Company wanted your country. east india trading company pirates

When Kidd captured a loot-laden Armenian ship called the Quedagh Merchant —which happened to be sailing under French papers—he assumed it was fair game. Unfortunately, the ship was actually leased by EITC officials back in London. The pirate wanted your gold

When you hear “East India Trading Company,” you might picture Jack Sparrow dodging debt collectors in Pirates of the Caribbean . In Hollywood, the EITC (often called "The Company") plays the stuffy, suited villain—the bureaucrats trying to stamp out the "romantic" pirates of the sea. Unfortunately, the ship was actually leased by EITC

But history is rarely that simple. In reality, the line between a and a bloodthirsty pirate wasn’t just blurry—for the East India Trading Company, it was practically invisible.

For the EITC, piracy was simply "privatized hostile market adjustment." The most famous example of this blurred morality is William Kidd . Initially hired by the British crown (and the EITC) to hunt pirates, Kidd was given a sleek warship and told to clean up the Indian Ocean. But the pay was terrible, and the crew was restless.