Telling a Tale of One Ship with Two Names: Queen Anne’s Revenge and La Concorde

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Telling a Tale of One Ship with Two Names: Queen Anne’s Revenge and La Concorde," at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Through 20 years of investigations NC state shipwreck (31CR314) is identified as Queen Anne’s Revenge (1718), Blackbeard the pirate’s flagship. This ship was also a French slave vessel, La Concorde, until its capture and renaming by the pirates close to Martinique in November 1717. Tales told so far mostly focus on its history as Blackbeard’s flagship. La Concorde’s history, however, was longer and had much more devastating consequences for many than her passing role as a pirate ship. North Carolina’s Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, African American Heritage Commission, and Office of State Archaeology, with IMLS funding are seeking to reveal and retell more of the hidden histories of La Concorde. Papers presented will describe work done by various researchers, including under this IMLS funded project and invite discussion on what, whose and how, we all might continue to tell tales of one ship that had two names.