This episode is accurate when it points out that many Tories (Americans who remained loyal to Britain in the Revolutionary War) were forced to flee to Canada after the war ended and had their property confiscated by the new American government.
Rebecca: John used to be our friend before he left. Cincinnatus: That's just the way I figure it. John used to be our friend.
Davy (to Gist): Why did you have to come back? I'd almost lived down the shame.
Daniel (to Gist): You've sure chosen yourself a hard row to hoe.
Gist: Man or boy, your country is worth fighting for.
Daniel: Israel, sometimes you make a lot of sense. Not always but sometimes.
Israel: You know what I'm gonna do right now, Pa? Daniel: Yep, right now you're gonna finish your breakfast.
Israel (to Hal about crying): Pa says it's no disgrace. He says it does a body good.
Gist: Folks'll change in time. Daniel: Not unless you help 'em. Gist: How? I can't hold 'em at gunpoint.
Hal: Pa, why do we stay here? Gist: This is our country, son. Hal: Can't you see it don't want us?
Daniel (to Gist about Rebecca): You've just heard the general speak and when she speaks, you move.
Gist: What do you want? Charlie: Well it ain't no welcome home, I'll promise you.
Ford Rainey would return in the following season's Hannah Comes Home.
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