Sporting a four-star resort with twenty-six waterfront bungalows, the famous pirate?s island hideaway is now a stunning resort property, listed for sale at USD 50 million.
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Black?s Island was the nineteenth century home of pirate Sam Bellamy.

Black?s Island is a seven-acre gem off the coast of the Florida Panhandle, sporting a four-star resort with twenty-six waterfront bungalows. Before LUXUO gets into the luxurious USD 50 million resort, let’s delve into the history and lore behind the island.

Born in Devon, England, Black Sam Bellamy was one of the most notorious and wealthiest pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy in the early nineteenth century. In his short pirate career, he captured fifty-three ships, including the state-of-the-art English slave ship Whydah Gally, which he used as his flagship. In his youth, he sailed with the Royal Navy before joining a crew of treasure hunters who turned to piracy when their mission to find a Spanish shipwreck failed. Bellamy initially served under Captain Benjamin Hornigold and his first mate, Edward Teach, later known as the infamous Blackbeard.
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When the crew became frustrated with Hornigold?s refusal to attack English ships, they mutinied and elected Bellamy as their captain instead. He was generous with those he raided ...