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Not meaning to contradict the nobel history of the Dabbs family, but the idea of being a pirate was just another label asociated with England's early struggle with Spain having established colonies in the new world and were wealthy from that taken from those colonies. Spain claimed the new world and left everybody else out. It was authorized, whether officially or unofficially, to rob those ships of their wealthy cargos, and it was felt that it was for the good of England to take from Spain, their Spanish treasures being taken from their colonies. Considering the history of destroying a tribe of Indians like the Macas, just to take their gold, and precious stones back to Spain was considered a justifiable reason. The Dabbs family I decended from, (Robert E., John T, Robert L., Robert Lee) were Navy men. The Spanish people considered those that raided the Spanish ships as pirates even if they were British Navy ships acting in an act of war. Service in the Navy is an honorable, and nobel cause that the Dabbs family has prided itself it. During wars with the British, to attack a British vessel carrying wealth taken from their other colonies was just like being a pirate, but having the conditions of war, the wealth taken could help the American Revolutionary cause or perhaps feed the poor navy crewman that manned the attack ship on poor wages during that of the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. I hope this corrects the idea that the Dabbs family was that of pirates. War involves acts that in peace time would be considered criminal, but for the cause of nationalism and survival during a period of war, acts of soldier and navy men were often similar to criminal, but not for personal gain, but to deprive the oppressor of wealth that the ships carried. That wealth taken could then be turned toward the cause of the attacker if they were the victors. The practice of open sea conquest of British ships by American ships were similar to that of the British attacks of Spanish vessels in earlier history. The Civil War hold record to the most famous sailing ship, the C.S.S. Alabama, as a vessel that, in the act of war, attack many, many merchant vessels destined to supply the Union forces, or Union people and the ship had all the characteristics of a skilled pirat ship, but for the cause of war, had a greater cause in disrupting the merchant lanes between England and the Union. The ship Alabama was commonly called a "blockade runner," because of its speed. Pirates are associated with fairy tales as thieves, and in some cases they were, but most were there on a military mission from another country that envied the wealth of the more prosperous. Remember King Herod the Great, killer of babies. He was from a pirate family and by making him king, Rome made peace with a pirate organization that gave Roman ships safe passage. Wonder why the Jews hated him so much. Enough history for today.
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