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                                                              Deborah Sampson
                                                            Revolutionary War Soldier
                                                             Born  1760 - Died 1827

1.  Why was Deborah sent to live with friends and relatives when she was a child?

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2.  Where did she work as an indentured servant, and what did she do?

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3.  How did she become a teacher?

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4.  What did she do in order to join the Revolutionary army?

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5.  How was the army in those days different from the army today?

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6.  Who was Robert Shurtleff?

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7.  How did Deborah Sampson serve the general in the army?

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8.  After the war she gave lectures about her experiences.  How did she end her lectures?

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9.  Who helped her to get a pension after the war, and how much money did she receive?

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10.  Could a person  today live on the pension she received?  Why not?

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