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What is the difference between a sea dog and a buccaneer

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Buccaneers were a kind of privateers or free sailors peculiar to the Caribbean Sea during the 17th and 18th centuries. The Sea Dogs were a group of sea-raiders and privateers who were authorized by Elizabeth I of England. They also engaged in slave trading.

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