Red Legs Greaves

"Red Legs" Greaves was allegedly a Scottish buccaneer active in the Caribbean and the West Indies during the 1670s. His nickname came from the term Redlegs used to refer to the class of poor whites who lived on colonial Barbados.

Although considered a successful pirate during his alleged career, most notably his raid of Margarita Island in the mid-1670s, he is best known for his escape from prison during an earthquake.

His story does not appear in historical records of the era and he may have been fictional.