Okay, this is my first real post on Reddit. I've been googling for a good portion of the day, and I searched on here and couldn't find an answer.

Context: I'm writing a historical fiction novel about piracy in 1717-1718. A huge hard science fiction (read: Andy Weir) fan, I wanted to try to nail the details as accurately as I could, and if not, nail the mood and tone.

So, I'm quite a ways into this book, and I realize that I have no idea what day-to-day life in Nassau would be. Several captains at the time spent countless days just chilling, apparently, before setting sail and going off for raids.

I do have the book "The Republic of Pirates" by Colin Woodard, but it doesn't get into specifics.

If anyone knows any of the following, or have a best educated guess, I would be incredibly interested in hearing it:

Being a free republic, but still trading with Hog Island / Bahamas, did pirates, privateers, and old townsfolk of Nassau pay for things? Did they eat only fish they'd catch, or did they rely on pirates to come back with barrels of pork and beef? Where did residents get their money, through trade only? "I caught this fish, I'll trade for that fabric."

Did any taverns or alehouses have their own imported alcohol, or again, did they rely on buying stolen alcohol from pirates? Did the pirates just give the citizens stuff like booze, food, clothing from their own plunders?

Thanks in advance, and sorry if this was posted in the wrong spot. I greatly appreciate any help with my book.