John Julian

{{Short description|American Indian pirate}} {{For|the clergyman and editor of ''A Dictionary of Hymnology''|John Julian (priest)}} {{Infobox pirate |name= John Julian |birth_date={{circa}}{{Birth date text|1701}} |death_date= {{Death date and age text|March 22, 1733|1701}} |image= |caption= |nickname= |type= Pirate |birth_place = likely Mosquitia |death_place = Boston, Massachusetts |allegiance= Samuel Bellamy |serviceyears= 1716 – April 26, 1717 |base of operations= |rank=pilot of the ''Whydah Gally'' |commands= |battles= }} '''John Julian''' ({{circa|lk=no|1701}}{{mdash}}March 26, 1733) was a pirate of multi-racial descent<ref name="natgeo">{{cite web|title=Only free at sea|work=Pirates of the Wydah|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603133423/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/whydah/ax/frame4.html |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/whydah/ax/frame4.html |archivedate=3 June 2004 | publisher=National Geographic}}</ref> who operated in the Americas, as the pilot of the ship ''Whydah''.

Julian joined pirate Samuel Bellamy, and became the pilot of Bellamy's ''Whydah'' when he was probably only 16 years of age.<ref name="motletcrew">{{cite web|title=Life aboard the ''Whydah'': A Motley Crew |url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/pirates/lifeaboard.asp |work="Real Pirates" museum exhibit website|publisher=The Field Museum|accessdate=21 January 2013|location=Chicago, Illinois|year=2009}}</ref>

In 1717, the ''Whydah'' shipwrecked, with Julian and a carpenter called Thomas Davis being the only known survivors.<ref name="Nelson">Nelson, Laura. "[http://www.cindyvallar.com/JohnJulian.html John Julian - The Teenage Pirate]" at Pirates and Privateers</ref> He was captured, but not indicted, so he was probably sold as a slave.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} He may have been the "'''Julian the Indian'''" bought by John Quincy, great-grandfather of president John Quincy Adams.<ref name="natgeo"/>

"Julian the Indian" reportedly made multiple attempts to flee and once killed a bounty hunter who was after him.<ref name="natgeo"/> He was executed in March 1733.<ref name="Nelson"/> [[File:1733 Julian WeeklyRehearsal Boston March19.png|right|thumb|Newspaper item about execution of "Julian the Indian" (''The Weekly Rehearsal'', Boston, March 1733)]]

==Further reading== * W. Jeffrey Bolster - Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail. *{{cite book |last1=Kuhn |first1=Gabriel |title=Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGX7BgAAQBAJ&q=The+defeat+of+Roberts+and+the+subsequent+eradication+of+piracy+off+the+coast+of+Africa+represented+a+turning+point+in+the+slave+trade+and+even+in+the+larger+history+of+capitalism.&pg=PA66 |publisher=PM Press |language=en |date=2010|isbn=9781604860528 }}

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