![]() ![]() Isabel has an “I for Insolence” branded on her cheek, and she is dragged through the streets behind a horse cart. ![]() Instead, they allow her to be punished for disobeying her mistress. Isabel pleads for assistance from Patriots she’s been aiding, but they do nothing to help find her sister. She eventually sells Ruth behind Isabel’s back. Madam Lockton, a wealthy and self-absorbed Loyalist, dislikes Isabel and renames her “Sal.” When Madam witnesses one of Ruth’s epileptic fits, she’s convinced the girl is possessed. Isabel meets a slave boy named Curzon who convinces her she can earn her freedom by spying for the Patriot forces. and Madam Lockton, New Yorkers who stand with England in the impending Revolution. ![]() But when she dies, the mistress’s greedy nephew sells Isabel and her 5-year-old “simple-minded” sister, Ruth. Thirteen-year-old Isabel Finch was promised freedom upon the death of her mistress. ![]()
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