Laurie Anderson’s Chains takes place in 1776 at the start of the Revolutionary war. The Colonists were fighting for their freedom from Britain. It is ironic that the very thing they were fighting for was the one thing they denied an entire race of people. Everyone deserves freedom. After spending her entire life as a slave, Isabel, for the first time begins questioning why Madam Lockton could own another person or even be allowed to hit them. It's only when subjected to owners who truly see them as possessions, not people, that Isabel begins to question the practice of slavery. Throughout this novel, freedom was constantly on Isabel’s mind. She believes that she deserves her freedom because she was freed in Miss Mary Finch's will. However,
