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Argumentative Essay: The Pirate's House

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The pirate’s house was built in 1753 in Savannah, Georgia. The PIrate’s House was also known as the privateer’s house. the reason this building was called these names was because of the privateers and the pirates that stayed at this restaurant/Bar. Here pirates would drunk or drug people and stow them away on their ships. Once awoken aboard the ship the captives would be forced into working for the pirates. Those people were “Shanghaied” as they would say. THese pirates however would not exit through the main entrance or exit. Infact the Pirate’s house had many secret exits for the pirates to get to their ships. There were also many tortures and murders in the passageway of the Pirate’s House. The story says that trap doors were installed and

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