Cartoon of a woman with blonde waves and a violet dress.

1722–1790

Flora MacDonald

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A woman who helped the prince escape by boat.

Flora MacDonald was a woman from the islands.

After Culloden she helped Charles Edward Stuart get away by boat.

He traveled dressed as her maid, Betty Burke.

She was brave and calm.

Later she lived for a time in America.

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