During the first four years while Adam was away, Abigail had to run the farm and keep her family standing in good conditions. Abigail was a very intelligent woman who learned to use many things at her advantage. In 1778, she asked John to send her expensive things back from France. Upon receiving the items, Abigail would sell them and make an ever better profit out of them. While being in charge, she managed to do things a lot better than John. Abigail wasn’t afraid to take risks. In many letters sent to her husband, she’d tell him about her plans and even if he’d tell her not to do something, she still would. Not to mention, Abigail became an import merchant and used that as an extra source for income. Instead of using her profits to spend them, she’d reinvest them to make even more money for her husband. Under the English law, married women had no rights; therefore, only the men had the ability to own and control the property. This led to Abigail defying her husband in such a sneaky way. As mentioned earlier, she would make investments and have different sources of income. Out of these profits, Abigail would keep her own “savings.” She’d use this money to help her kids, her sisters, and a former slave of her father. Everything Abigail did, she would do under John’s name because only he could own property. When Abigail thought her