Dan Seavey: Lake Michigan's Pirate

Piracy has probably existed since people first took to the seas. Beginning in the 14th century BCE, we start to see written accounts of these marauders engaging in wars, epic sea battles, and looting. Piracy seemed to achieve its most profitable and mythic era during the golden age of piracy, usually placed between 1650 and 1750. The amount of pirates and their incredible stories never cease to amaze curious minds. While the golden age has its fair share of horrifying and successful pirates, this time period over shadows the life and times of other fascinating piratical characters in history. Polykrates was making innovations in naval techniques and piracy in Ancient Greece while the famous Cheng Shih built her piratical empire in early 1800's China. Least discussed of all pirates have been the lake and river pirates throughout time. Sources are either scarce or nonexistent. Perhaps they do exist in some obscure archive but they can be near impossible to find. From this low amount of information, legends can easily evolve. One of these lake pirates made a name near my hometown of Milwaukee in Lake Michigan. Dan Seavey is seldom discussed in pirate history books but he may be just as interesting as pirates of the golden age. Join me on today's quest while we uncover the story of roaring Dan Seavey.
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Sources:
Roy Appleman - Timber Empire from the Public Domain
Janet Berggren - Great Lakes Pirate Dan Seavey and the Schooner Wanderer
Richard Boyd - A Pirate Roams Lake Michigan: the Dan Seavey Story.
Peter Leeson - The Invisible Hook
Tom Powers - Michigan Rogues, Desperados and Cut-Throats
Raymond E. McDonald - Four Islands: A History of Detroit, Rock, St. Martins and Washington Islands
“Cap'n Dan Seavey Dies at 83, Colorful Career on Great Lakes.” Escanaba Daily Press
“Michigan's Only Pirate.” Michigan State University, Criminal Justice Resources
“Shot Stops A Lake ‘Pirate.’” The New York Times
With constant consultation of Benerson Little Thanks, Ben!

[@madamsloth]

Great video. Going thru ur playlists rn .

[@Halomusik9548]

Excellent program. Well done.

[@jhinz84]

Good video!

[@themanthatpacs4550]

You missed the bootlegging and the time he sank a ship with a cannon

[@KC-ni3sv]

Nice video. Could you do Absalom? He was a Swedish priest and, I think, a saint. He participated in piracy against against pagans. Then the pagans would pirate the Christian temples.

[@SyggNielsen-jg3hf]

Using Crusade By Piracy was a poor decision against Greeks and Scandinavians alike.

[@blackbeardsailing1669]

Very cool ☠

[@trevorlunn8442]

Thanks. Interesting *_and_* entertaining.
But "Mutiny and Sedation on the High Seas" [09:40] confused me. Is that a US thing? 'Sedition' would make sense though.

[@Cat_Woods]

Definitely it was sedition, not sedation.

[@phetes810]

I could be misunderstanding your question but in reference to mutiny the term mutiny is used to describe when a crew turns on their captain and takes the ship over

[@SyggNielsen-jg3hf]

Hail based fatcel Grover Cleveland!

[@clort123]

sedition. cmon.