sentences:  Declared a pirate by Lord Archibald Hamilton, Jennings couldn't return to Jamaica, and so he established Nassau as his base for further raids on Spanish wrecks.Also evicted from the mainland of Jamaica, many pirates followed Jennings’ example and headed for New Providence.Nassau's pirate population grew from dozens to hundreds after the Florida shipwreck raids, and by early 1716, the Governor of Bermuda stated that there were over 1000 pirates in Nassau and that they outnumbered the mere hundred of inhabitants in the town.