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The Beginning
When a slave named Isabel's owner dies, she knows she is supposed to be set free according to the owner's will. Instead, since she is unable to find a lawyer to help her, she and her little sister, Ruth, are sold to the Lockton's by Mr. Robert, their previous owner's nephew. -
Curzon
When Isabel and Ruth arrive in New York with the Lockton's, Patriots board their ship make sure the Lockton's don't have anything with them that would help the Loyalists in the current battles against the Patriots. When the Lockton's send Isabel to get water, one of the Patriots slaves, Curzon, offers comes with them. -
A Personal Maid
Madame Lockton has taken a liking to Ruth, and decides to use her as a personal maid. -
The Fit
Ruth has a fit, and Madame Lockton threatens to sell her. The only reason Ruth is allowed to say is because Madame Lockton's husband says she will. -
Sold
Madame Lockton makes sweet milk for Isabel, but drugs it with a sleeping potion so Isabel would sleep heavily while she went out to sell Ruth. -
Branded
Isabel gets a brand on her right cheek in the shape of the letter "I" for "Insolence." She is branded because she got in a fight Madame Lockton after she sold Ruth. -
Arrested
Isabel sees Curzon get arrested. -
The River Jordan
Isabel sneaks herself and Curzon onto a rowboat and they cross the River Jordan. -
The Truth
Madame Lockton tells Isabel that she didn't actually sell Ruth, and that Ruth is actually in South Carolina. -
Freedom
Isabel remembers that her friend, Curzon, is in the Loyalist's jail and frees him.
