"Red Legs" Greaves was allegedly a Scottish-Barbadian buccaneer active in the Caribbean and the West Indies during the 1670s. His nickname came from the term Redlegs used to refer to the class of poor whites who lived on colonial Barbados.
"Red Legs" Greaves was allegedly a Scottish-Barbadian buccaneer active in the Caribbean and the West Indies during the 1670s. His nickname came from the term Redlegs used to refer to the class of poor whites who lived on colonial Barbados.
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