Mutiny aboard a pirate ship, oh that would be a fun one for the Admiralty Court to handle!<br/><br/>Btr that sort of thing was rare.  Pirate Captains commanded by example, by being the best at what they did.  Ruling a crew by fear and intimidation, that was Blackbeard's shtick, and how much of that was hype?  A lot, I suspect.  Pirates were not the sort to put up with that crap.  Now, I can totally see his crew helping spread the tales, making their captain seem more fierce in the eyes of potential prey would work to keep their own casualties down.