A Girl Called Samson

by Amy Harmon

A clear delineation is brewing between the wealthy and the common folk, those who don’t profit from trade with Britain and who resent the taxes, regulation, and orders from on high.

He says oppression not resisted eventually becomes slavery,

Everyone had an opinion, though most repeated the same points over and over, as if they’d seen them printed in a pamphlet or heard them spoken by someone more learned than they.

“I do not want to be a wife,” I whispered. “I do not want to be a woman.”