Because of this mistreatment, some sailors decided to become pirates. The piracy system was particularly egalitarian. He restored the medieval payment method, offering each member a share of the profit, which in the sailor's mind meant better pay for their work. Furthermore, as written in the codes followed by pirates, the ship was managed by the crew, not the captain. The crew had the ability to depose a captain who had treated them unfairly. (Rediker 261-62) In many cases piracy offered better working conditions, better food, better pay, and better leadership. However, by the late 1720s an organized effort to eradicate the threat of piracy began to take shape. Colonial governors began offering bounties on pirates' heads, and the Royal Navy engaged in a much more organized and targeted attack on such enterprises. (Rediker 283) These factors, combined with the pirates' inability to organize on a large scale, lead to only a brief reign at sea for these mistreated rebels. (Rediker