User blog comment:Rvb forever/Barbossa is No Longer a Pirate Lord/@comment-2008429-20170304141115

But even if you can still be a pirate lord without a piece of eight. Their was still a lengthy time were Barbossa wasn't even a pirate at all. He was a privateer. It doesn't matter if he was just using the king. Legally, he was no longer considered a pirate. He was pardoned.