Fact vs. Fiction Henry Morgan

There is a lot of information about the famous pirate Henry Morgan that one can gather from various sources but what is truth and what is pure fiction can be hard to decipher at times. In "Buccaneers and Pirates" Frank Stockton proclaims that Morgan simply chose to be a pirate because that's what he wanted to do. This is a very different path towards piracy than most because most men who became pirates or buccaneers did so because of necessity. However according to documentation credited to a surgeon under Morgan named Richard Browne, Morgan originally got started " either as a "private gentleman" soon after the 1655 capture of Jamaica by the English, or he may have been abducted in Bristol and transported to Barbados, where he was sold as a servant." Here is a perfect example of conflicting information that in turn can lead to difficulties in learning about Henry Morgan. Initially, the information in "Buccaneers and Pirates" seems to verified by saying he started out as a "private gentleman" which can be interpreted as Morgan started the path towards piracy under his own will. However, it then says that he may have began this career path because he was abducted and sold as a servant which is certainly the opposite of free will. This is just one example of information presented in "Buccaneers and Pirates" that seems to be completely factual until an individual conducts further research on their own and certainly contributes to the difficulty of finding valid information about this legendary pirate. 

Sources Consulted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgan