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=﻿Flora MacDonald = Flora MacDonald was known as a heroine not just because of her loyalty to Britain but because she had saved a man's life when she lived in Scotland. Flora MacDonald and her husband, Allan MacDonald, moved to North Carolina in 1774. before they left Scotland, they made an oath that they would forever stay loyal to Britain and they kept the oath. Allan MacDonald was a major in an army to fight in the Revolutionary War along with his son. They were two of the 1,600 who set off to join the British army. Flora came to the men's cemp on a white horse to cheer them on before they left by telling them to fight bravely and to stay loyal to Britain and rode along them on the first day and spent the night with them before going home. Her husband and son were taken captive by the Americans when they fought at Moore's