On the pirate ship Queen Anne's Revenge, Edward Teach (Angus Macfadyen), an imposing man with a thick black beard, leads an armed mutiny against Captain Benjamin Hornigold (Stacy Keach). With the captain in chains, the pirates attack a French slave ship and, after fierce combat, seize the vessel and its cargo. Booty has been won and the legend of Blackbeard the Pirate has been born.