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May 9, 2008

Otway Burns

At an early age, Otway Burns had the sea in his veins.  He later became a daring privateer during the War of 1812--one of the more famous American privateers in the nation's history.  As a state legislator during the 1820s and 1830s his opinions regarding the status of African Americans and the development of western North Carolina upset his constituents.  

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