Olivier Levasseur began life as an ordinary architect, but war forged him into something far darker. After becoming a privateer, he refused to return to peace, joining pirate crews and earning the ...

Samuel W. Siegel, of Quakertown, has created a mobile museum that shines a spotlight on privateersmen, the sea-going ...

Detail of a painting by Nowland Van Powell depicting an American privateer battling a British vessel. (Photo courtesy of allthingsliberty.com.) The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a ...