Instructor: Alexia Jones Helsley, historian and archivist, currently serves as senior instructor in history and university archivist at the USCA. She teaches South Carolina, Ancient and Medieval and Public History. She is the author of several non-fiction books, including The Lost History of Aiken County, Beaufort, South Carolina: A History; Wicked Edisto: the Dark Side of Eden and a History of North Carolina Wine. Description: A three-week exploration of the scourge of the seas. This course will present an overview of the history of piracy from ancient times through the Golden Age of Piracy, the Barbary Corsairs and touch on modern pirates such as those from Somalia. In addition, the course will highlight the careers of such noted Golden Age pirates as Black Beard, Stede Bonnet and Anne Bonney.