| Term | Definition |
| Chapter One | Isabel is talking to her mother but then has to leave because Mr. Finch tells her she needs to pray for the own who owned her |
| Chapter Two | Isabel and Ruth are at the funeral when they are denied their right to be free, and realize that they will be sold |
| Chapter Three | Isabel and Ruth are auctioned off at a tavern, and Jenny tries to save them |
| Chapter Four | The girls travel to NYC with the Locktons |
| Chapter Five | They arrive in NYC and encounter some Patriots who try to search through the Lockton's belongings, but Madam refuses to let them and sits on her chest; Isabel gets slapped harshly to protect Ruth, and she meets Curzon |
| Chapter Six | Follows Curzon to the Tea Water Pump |
| Chapter Seven | Isabel meets Becky |
| Chapter Eight | Isabel learns that Madam Lockton will willingly harm any of her slaves to put them in their place |
| Chapter Nine | Isabel's name is changed to Sal Lockton; Overhears Lockton's plot to bribe colonists to join their side |
| Chapter Ten | Isabel decides to join the Rebels' side and tells Curzon about the money in the chest |
| Chapter Eleven | Master Lockton gets arrested, and the chest is searched through |
| Chapter Twelve | Isabel visits Lady Seymour and is actually treated nicely |
| Chapter Thirteen | Master Lockton returns back home; abuses Madam |
| Chapter Fourteen | The plot to assassinate General Washington is laid |
| Chapter Fifteen | Ruth has a seizure and Madam hurts her because she thinks that she is posessed by the Devil |
| Chapter Sixteen | Isabel decides to inform Colonel Regan of the Loyalists' plot to assassinate General Washington |
| Chapter Seventeen | The plot to General Washington has been unveiled; Master Lockton escaped town; |
| Chapter Eighteen | Isabel and Ruth witness Thomas Hickey getting hanged |
| Chapter Nineteen | British arrive; Isabel realizes that their safety with the Locktons is in jeopardy |
| Chapter Twenty | Madam acts nice to Isabel, and feeds her and gives her a drink. Yet there is actually a potion in it to make her sleepy |
| Chapter Twenty-One | Ruth gets sold and Isabel confronts Madam. She runs away to seek help from Colonel Regan yet he just turns her in to Madam |
| Robinson Crusoe | The book that Isabel reads, written by Mr. Defoe |
| Sullivan's Tavern | The place where Ruth and Isabel are sold to the Lockton's |
| Ad astra | Means "to the stars", it is the code to enter the Colonel's camp |