CPG Grey’s video “How to be a pirate” mentions that pirates agreed upon a contract before engaging on a voyage. Do we have any specifics on what these contracts contained and would the contents of a contract differ between crewmates? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

CPG Grey’s video “How to be a pirate” mentions that pirates agreed upon a contract before engaging on a voyage. Do we have any specifics on what these contracts contained and would the contents of a contract differ between crewmates?

by DeliriousSatyr

eternalkerri

Its the classic "pirates code".

I answered it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/13khdz/wednesday_ama_im_eternalkerri_moderator_and/c74vtak?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Hurt_cow

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gy52qc/is_it_true_that_pirate_ships_during_the_golden/ Check out the top answer to this thread. It gives a lot of details about the contracts.