Flora Burn was an American female pirate, who engaged in piracy in the year 1741 and operated on the East Coast of North America.Zuidhoek, Arne. (2022). The Pirate Encyclopedia: The Pirate's Way. Brill Academic Publishers. , p. 129.
Life and piracy On June 2, 1741, Governor Richard Ward of Rhode Island, grants Captain Benjamin Norton a privateering commission, empowering him to undertake aggressive actions against Spanish vessels and commodities. The vessels name is HMS Revenge.Jameson, J. F. (Ed.). (1923). Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period: Illustrative Documents (p. 378). New York: The Macmillan Company. Flora Burns is listed among thirty-five sailors of the American privateer ship during its voyage off the American coast in 1741. Her role within the ship is listed as Sailor.Stanley, J. (1996). Bold in Her Breeches: Women Pirates Across the Ages (p. 143). London; San Francisco: Pandora.
While a member of the privateer crew, she was granted a one-and-three-quarter share, consistent with the allocation for all other sailors. In contrast, the commander, Benjamin Norton, held a two-and-a-half share. The total shares of the ship is 55.Jameson, J. F. (Ed.). (1923). Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period: Illustrative Documents (p. 395). New York: The Macmillan Company.MacAlpine, A. (2016). Weather the Storm: Female Pirates, Sexual Diversity and the Reconstruction of Women's History (p. 21). The Vault Open Theses and Dissertations. University of Calgary. https://prism.ucalgary.ca .
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External links 'The Burn Rose' is a historic fiction novel detailing Captain Burn's career as pirate captain and her retirement, for release in March 2013