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The buccaneers based themeselves on the island of St. George's Caye between trips out to plunder the British and spaish merchant ships that plied the Caribbean. Deciding to opt for legitimacy and respectability over the uncertainty of buccaneeeing no doubt, they gradually moved thir settlements and their slaves to the mouth of what is today Haulover Creek. But, shiver me timbers and all that, what could possibly be more lucrative, or more fun, than being a pirate? Well how abouty logging the incredibly rich forests of Belize's interior, floting the logs down a big river and into the waiting hulls of European ships sitting in the pretty blue Caribben. Fabrics needed dyes, respectabl furniture demanded mahogany, and money was money.still is.
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