Rebecca Brewton Motte

Rebecca Brewton Motte — born 1737 in Charleston, SC (some say 1738); died 1815 on her Santee plantation. 🇺🇸

For five years she fed and supplied Marion’s Continentals. When the British fortified her own mansion as “Fort Motte,” she moved her family to the overseer’s house — then consented to the unthinkable: burn it down. She handed over East Indian fire-arrows from her late brother’s estate, and Marion’s men set her roof ablaze. The British surrendered. She watched her home burn to win a battle. That’s what the cause cost — and what she paid willingly.

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