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I think that it took a lot of courage to finally tell her husband to either leave or face the consequences of his actions against his daughter, Phoebe. Abigail Bailey did the best she could do for the time frame. Had she done something without absolute proof of what he had done to Phoebe then it would be her word against hers and he would win, but because she had her suspicions of what was going on, she was finally able to get her daughter at least to talk to her about it. She didn’t want to get the law involved because she was trying to keep her children sheltered from what happened. '''We can say she should have done something sooner, but I think that she really thought he was going to hurt her or one of her children.'''--- Pam Petzold | I think that it took a lot of courage to finally tell her husband to either leave or face the consequences of his actions against his daughter, Phoebe. Abigail Bailey did the best she could do for the time frame. Had she done something without absolute proof of what he had done to Phoebe then it would be her word against hers and he would win, but because she had her suspicions of what was going on, she was finally able to get her daughter at least to talk to her about it. She didn’t want to get the law involved because she was trying to keep her children sheltered from what happened. '''We can say she should have done something sooner, but I think that she really thought he was going to hurt her or one of her children.'''--- Pam Petzold | ||
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| + | I also was quite taken aback by the content of this source. The fact that Abigail's husband would have the audacity to engage in such improper relations made my heart hurt for Abigail herself who could exercise little to no power for a long time to stop her husband's actions. This is a revealing example of the state of "feme coverts" and the little amount of power they held even within the context of their household. --Ellen Smethurst | ||
== TIED HAND AND FOOT -- ''Esther Burr, 1756-1757'' == | == TIED HAND AND FOOT -- ''Esther Burr, 1756-1757'' == | ||
