Flora Burn
Flora Burn was an American female pirate, who engaged in piracy in the year 1741 and operated on the East Coast of North America.[1]
Life and piracy
On June 2nd, 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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4][5]
References
- ^ Zuidhoek, Arne. (2022). The Pirate Encyclopedia: The Pirate's Way. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-51567-3, p. 129.
- ^ Jameson, J. F. (Ed.). (1923). Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period: Illustrative Documents (p. 378). New York: The Macmillan Company.
- ^ Stanley, J. (1996). Bold in Her Breeches: Women Pirates Across the Ages (p. 143). London; San Francisco: Pandora.
- ^ 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 .
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
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