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(Ch. 1-3)
-Isabel and Ruth attend a funeral for Ms. Mary Finch
-Ms. Finch's nephew, Mr. Roberts, finds and ignores wishes of Ms. Finch
-Mr.Finch sells Isabel and Ruth in Newport, RI -
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"Chains"
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(Ch. 4)
-Travels by boat from RI to NYC -
(Ch.8)
-Isabel wondering why Ruth was in the Madam's chamber for so long
-Madam likes Isabel's sister, Ruth
-Becky talking to Isabel about what Ruth maybe doing with the Madam and other slaves
-Ruth becomes Madam's private slave - -
(Ch.5-7)
-Arrive at NYC
-Meeting Curzon
-Working for new owners for the first time -
(Ch. 9-10)
-Madam changing Isabel's name to Lockton
-Lockton (owner) and other men disscussing about his majesty, money, and a parliament that they have not written yet
-Isabel finds out that the reason why Ruth was in tears earlier that day in the parliament was because the Madam had beaten her
-Isabel sneaks out of the Madam's property at night to go to tell Curzon about the portion of the money the men had left to use (what the men had been talking about earlier that night -
(Ch. 11)
-Master Bellingham and soldiers appear at door
-Soldiers come in and start taking parts of their house (like windows)
-Lockton arrested -
(Ch. 12-13)
-Isabel comes and gets Lady Seymore to help soothe Msdam after her husband just got arrested
-Master Lockton returns the next day
-Madam and Master Lockton get into a fight (physical; Madam gets hurt, but blames it on Isabel for not scraping candle wax off of the floor) -
(Ch. 14, 15, and 16)
-Master Lockton and mayor of NYC talk about assassiinating Washington
-Ruth gets a seizure in madam's kitchen
-Madam wants to sell Ruth, but ends up not doing it because Master Lockton doesn't think that Ruth is cursed and because of Isabel being her sister
-Isabel goes into Lockton's chest and takes the sheet about murdering Washington
-Isabel makes a deal with Colonial Regan about giving him important information and in return, shipping Ruth and her back to Rhode Island -
(Ch. 17 and 18)
-Master Lockton finds out that other people know about his plan and decides to leave very suddenly before the soldiers were there to arrest the Master
-Madam confused about how others knew about Lockton's menacing plan
-Becky, Ruth, and Isabel go to a hanging (Isabel searching for Colonel Regan)
-finds Curzon and tells him about the deal that she and Colonel Regan have
-watches man (Hickey) get hanged -
(Ch. 19 and 20)
-Isabel goes to church
-British sail into harbor
militia units from other colonies are in NYC
-Becky suffers a mild attack
-British flood the River -Americans destroy statue of king on horse -
(Ch. 21 and 22)
-Isabel has dream
-Isabel cannot find Ruth anywhere and not long after finds out that Ruth got sold
-Isabel gets mad at Madam;Madam throws picture frame at Isabel
-Isabel runs away from the house
-Madam catches Isabel and Isabel is woken up with a barrel of a gun in her chin
-Isabel is taken to prison and is given a trial 3 days later
right cheek -
(Ch. 23, 24, and 25)
-Isabel gets branded on her right cheek with the letter I for Insolence
-Isabel wakes up after being knocked out for six days
-Isabel is transported to Lady Seymore and does not know what her sister is up to
-after Isabel bathes and eats, Lady Seymore takes her back to Madam Lockton
-Isabel is annoyed at Madam and Colonel Regen and realizes that she will never get her freedom
-tells Curzon to leave her alone and says that they will never get their freedom -
(Ch. 26, 27, 28, 29)
-Massive storm that kills 13 soldiers and injures others
-Isabel eavesdrops on a conversation that says that the British will free them if they win the war while getting water for Madam
-Invasion of New York
-makes Isabel fetch groceries during the invasion because of the returning of Master (Elihu)
-Isabel tries to get away from Madam again and to join the British because she believes that they could set her free
-Isabel trying to get Captain Cambell to like and take her, but does not accept -
(Ch. 30-33)
-Master returns home
-Madam tells Isabel to leave the house after cleaning,to leave the house and go to lady seymore's house and be her slave
- Isabel wakes up to a fire and Lady Seymore tells her to carry some of her valuables
-ceiliing falls on Lady Seymore
-Isabel rescues Lady Seymore
-Lady Seymore and Isabel fall asleep in a graveyard because of how hurt and exhausted they were -Lady Seymore gets herself back together again -
(Ch. 34-36)
-Madam throws a party to celebrate the capture of Fort Washington
-Lockton talks about his success over Washington
-Isabel wants to sneak into Prison to release Bristish
-Isabel gets into the prison and finds Curzon
-Lady Seymore is strucked
-Isabel gets into the prison and finds Curzon
-Lady Seymore is strucked -
(Ch. 37-38)
-Lady Seymore restores her health and Madam is not happy about that
-Isabel goes to water pump and also visits Curzon while doing it
-finds Curzon alseep and wakes him up to feed him
-Master Lockton and Colonel Hawkins want to leave for London and return to New York by the summer
-Madam gets angry about this idea
-for Christmas, Lady Seymore gives Isabel new leather boots, while Madam gives her nothing and the soldier wives one coin
-Isabel is given a free day off from her slave life