The American Revolutionary war affected many American lives, including Mary Silliman. During this period, women did not have much voice outside of their household. They were not eligible to join the revolutionary army. However, even though Mary Silliman was not in the revolutionary army, she experienced hatred, sufferings, and moral temptations.
Mary Silliman was a loving wife and mother, devoted Christian, and caring neighbor. She was a good honorable citizen of her community. A once peaceful community torn apart during the revolutionary war. Some of her neighbors sided with the Tories and others with the Patriots. Mary supported her husband, who is a Patriot, but she did not hate her neighbors, who were Loyalists. Although her husband was the prosecutor in the trial, she attempted to console her neighbors when their sons was tried, convicted and imprisoned as Tories. However, her Loyalist neighbors’ once peaceful feeling towards her turned to hatred. Mary attempted to console her Loyalists neighbors but they did not want any of that.…show more content… This event hurt Mary so much. Besides, being pregnant, she has children to care for. She was tormented because her husband was not by her side. This situation brought sufferings to Mary. She tried to seek help from influential people they knew but did not get good responses. All the that passed only added to her sufferings. She wanted to give up hope of getting her husband back. However, her strong love for him erased any doubts that came. She overcame the sufferings that came her way just to get him back
