Freeman has a greater risk because she is a woman. Women weren't treated very well and weren't allowed to fight in the war. If they found out she was a woman she wouldn't be free.
Since the moment you are free and take a position, take a side, automatically you are assuming you against the other side, even if you do not say anything. Being a black woman is a thosand times even worse if it was a man. Recalling that the situation between British and Americans was not so good we can see the problem becomes even worse.
This may mean that the person in the future will not be able to understand or comprehend what a person is saying to them, if they do not listen to them now.......hopefully this helps