Function of Pirate Articles: Defining Labor and Rewards
The written articles on pirate ships served to formalize the working environment for the crew. These rules specified the division of labor by detailing who was responsible for specific tasks, and they outlined the system for distributing spoils, for example by defining the relative dividend for a helmsman compared to a gunner.
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