"November 11, 1802, I arrived at Judge Patterson's at Lisle. This respectable family treated me with every mark of distinction and friendship, and likewise all the people did the same. I really want for words to express my gratitude."
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Deborah Sampson (1760-1827) was a remarkable figure in American history, known for disguising herself as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War. Born in Plympton, Massachusetts, she faced a challenging upbringing but was determined to serve her country. Enlisting as Robert Shurtlieff, Sampson fought valiantly for over a year before her true identity was revealed. After the war, she became an advocate for veterans' rights and a speaker on women's capabilities, leaving a lasting legacy as an early pioneer for gender equality.
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"I became an actor in that important drama with an inflexible resolution to persevere through the last scene, when we might be permitted and acknowledged to enjoy what we had so nobly declared we would possess, or lose with our lives - Freedom and Independence!"
Deborah Sampson"Happy for America, happy for Europe, perhaps for the world when, on the delivery of Cornwallis's sword to the illustrious, the immortal Washington, or rather by his order, to the brave Lincoln, the sun of Liberty and Independence burst through a sable cloud, and his benign influence was, almost instantaneously, felt in our remotest corners!"
Deborah Sampson"Such is my experience - not that I ever mourned the loss of a child, but that I consider myself as lost!"
Deborah Sampson