Chapter ONE - Weebly

to say categorically that the riots led by Ebenezer
Mackintosh and his men were wrong.
Ethan could hardly contain himself. “So what you’re
saying is that they were justified in attacking Andrew
Oliver’s property, but not Thomas Hutchinson’s.”
“Oliver has been made distributor of stamps!” she
said, as if that was answer enough.
“That is what you’re saying then!”
Kannice raised her chin defiantly. “Yes!”
“So, you think it acceptable to destroy the property
of those who disagree with you! And you’d be fine if
people who support the Stamp Act tore the Dowser to
the ground!”
“That’s not what I said!” she shot back. “And you
know it! Oliver will be enforcing the Act. What was
done to him was unfortunate, but justified. Tonight was
different.”
“There’s no justification for destroying a man’s
home,” Ethan said in a low voice. “I don’t care who he
is, or what he’s done. If that’s the freedom these men
speak of, then I want no part of it.” He rolled over and
pulled the blanket up to his chin.