# Richard Frowd

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**Richard Frowd** ([fl.](/source/Floruit) 1718–1719) was a pirate active in the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean). He is best known for sailing with [William Moody](/source/William_Moody_(pirate)). He was one of a number of pirates to have both white and black sailors in his crew.

## History

Frowd was in the Caribbean in his 8-gun 60-man [brigantine](/source/Brigantine) alongside Englishman William Moody’s 36-gun 130-man *Rising Sun* and another ship in 1718.[1] There they captured several ships near [St. Christopher’s](/source/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis), looting some and burning others, continuing through early 1719 after resupplying at [St. Thomas](/source/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands) in December.[2] Their aggression prompted Governor Hamilton to request assignment of a warship from England for protection.[1] Frowd acted as a [ship’s tender](/source/Ship%E2%80%99s_tender) to Moody’s *Rising Sun* but also took ships on his own, including a [pink](/source/Pink_(ship)) from [Belfast](/source/Belfast) near the [Carolinas](/source/Carolinas) in January 1719.[2]

After cruising the Caribbean for a time, Moody sailed for the coast of Africa.[3] Near [Cape Verde](/source/Cape_Verde) around April 1719 Moody and his supporters marooned [Thomas Cocklyn](/source/Thomas_Cocklyn), and were themselves in turn forced off the *Rising Sun* and into a small boat, and were presumed to have been lost at sea.[4] Frowd may have parted ways from Moody before crossing the Atlantic, or have been replaced as captain of Moody’s consort ship by that time: records of the incident with Cocklyn and the *Rising Sun* (from the testimony of captured sailor [William Snelgrave](/source/William_Snelgrave)) mention several pirates by name but Frowd was not among them.[4]

A number of pirates allowed blacks to serve on board their ships, though there is no general agreement on whether they were equal to white crewmen or had lesser status.[1] [Edward England](/source/Edward_England), [Bartholomew Roberts](/source/Bartholomew_Roberts), [Augustin Blanco](/source/Augustin_Blanco), Moody, Frowd, and others were reported with mixed crews;[5] Frowd's was described as "60 men, whites and blacks".[2]

## See also

- [Olivier Levasseur](/source/Olivier_Levasseur), elected Captain of the *Rising Sun* after Moody
- [Howell Davis](/source/Howell_Davis), present when Moody was ejected from the *Rising Sun*, or shortly afterwards

## References

1. Cordingly, David (2013). [*Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates*](https://books.google.com/books?id=fnoi6SM1u5cC). New York: Random House Publishing Group. pp. 15–16, 111, 249. ISBN 9780307763075. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

1. [*America and West Indies: December 1718, 11-19 | British History Online*](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol30/pp404-424). London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1930. p. section 797. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

1. Piat, Denis (2014). [*Pirates & Privateers of Mauritius*](https://books.google.com/books?id=gp9eAgAAQBAJ). Singapore: Editions Didier Millet. pp. 63–64. ISBN 9789814385664. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

1. Grey, Charles (1933). [*Pirates of the eastern seas (1618-1723): a lurid page of history*](http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/documents/1D30004CA384A81381DD3C8F45CAE3B216713B01.html). London: S. Low, Marston & co., ltd. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 26 June 2017.

1. Hamilton, John (2007). [*Pirate's Life*](https://archive.org/details/pirateslife0000hami). Edina MN: ABDO. ISBN 9781604532548. Retrieved 6 July 2017. frowd.

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