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Rebecca Motte

Rebecca Motte

A drawing of Rebecca Motte. Wikimedia Commons

(1738-1805) Rebecca Motte was a widower and landowner along the Congaree River who graciously allowed Francis Marion and other Patriot soldiers to set fire to her plantation home when the British took command of the house.

Resources
South Carolina Encyclopedia - Rebecca Brewton Motte
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Miniature of Rebecca Motte
Teaching American History in South Carolina - Certificate of indenture for Rebecca Motte's "House of Freedom" during Revolutionary War
American Revolution - Rebecca Motte
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