HISTORICAL INTERPRETER | Judith Kalaora on Deborah Sampson
HISTORICAL INTERPRETER | Judith Kalaora on Deborah Sampson
In the waning years of the American Revolutionary War, Deborah Sampson felt a higher calling as she heard news of the rebellion while in Massachusetts. Her response? The former indentured servant and schoolteacher disguised herself in men’s clothing and enlisted in the Continental Army under the name “Robert Shurtlieff.” Historical interpreter Judith Kalaora visits the […]