Behind the Wapping pub, The Prospect Of Whitby, there's a horrific reminder of London's bloody past.
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Not many sources this time since it's only a short one, but if you're interested, the main contemporary source is "A General History of the Pyrates" by "Capt. Charles Johnson", which you can read in its entirety for free here: https://archive.org/details/generalhistoryof00john