Was being a slave difficult? You can definitely ask thirteen-year-old Isabel. She experienced the disastrous Revolutionary War surrounding her, having no parents, being owned by loyalists having troubles with themselves. Both heartbreaking and exciting, Laurie Halse Anderson’s “Chains,” was magnificent going through a vast journey for the gaining of Isabel’s freedom, where she not only physically fought, though verbally fought with persistence. She was told that once her previous slave owner, Miss Mary Finch, died, Isabel and her five-year-old sister Ruth would be sentenced to freedom. With no mother or father, Isabel had to take care of what was left of her family to the fullest extent, which was difficult after being lied to about freedom,…show more content… Her spying would equal information to the rebels, or Colonists who needed to break away from the control of Great Britain. All this information was both helpful for her, and the Colonists due to the fact that Isabel would gain freedom from Curzon’s powerful father; Colonists gained information regarding the Loyalists, which she originally thought wouldn’t result in anything too horrible. Isabel got caught facing punishments: slashings from illegal activity with Colonists, face burning, and prison time, also having punishments shared with her attempt to escape Lockton’s possession. Day after day, information with Curzon was shared, and Isabel took larger attempts to exit her slave life and enter freedom with her sold sister, Ruth, which, from what she heard from the Locktons, was in South Carolina. Running between chores plus demands, Isabel discovered how to secretly communicate with Curzon, although the Lockton’s banned communication. Despite the fact that freedom wasn’t being gained legally, freedom could've still been gained. On the day of a ball Madam Lockton attended, Isabel, avoiding being seen, stole various things from Elihu’s desk, a map of the Thirteen Colonies, and a form declaring freedom of her slavery, which lead to Isabel’s escape with Curzon, where they got a boat
