Bellomont throws Kidd under the bus
07/06/1699 AD imprisoned
Aware of the accusations against Kidd, Bellomont was justifiably afraid of being implicated in piracy himself and knew that presenting Kidd to England in chains was his best chance to save himself. He lured Kidd into Boston with false promises of clemency, then ordered him arrested.
Kidd was placed in Stone Prison, spending most of the time in solitary confinement. His wife, Sarah, was also imprisoned. The conditions of Kidd's imprisonment were extremely harsh, and appear to have driven him at least temporarily insane.
By then, Bellomont had turned against Kidd and other pirates, writing that the inhabitants of Long Island were "a lawless and unruly people" protecting pirates who had "settled among them".
Lattitude: 42.3601° N
Longitude: 71.0589° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Subjects Who or What imprisoned?
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Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont 12th Governor of t...
Objects To Whom or What was imprisoned?
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William Kidd (Captain Kidd) Seventeenth century Scot...
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