
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Project)
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Chapter 41 "Free At Last" (Or as I like to call it, "FINALLY!")

Chapter 40 "The Fugitive Slave Law"
In this chapter, William's business is falling apart so he decides to move to California with Benny. Ellen does pretty well in her school and is kept safe when her teachers find out that she is a daughter of a runaway slave. Linda finds out about the Fugitive Slave Law. It is a law that makes it illegal for any Northerners to help out a runaway slave. Linda meets Luke who was a runaway slave and finds out that Dr. Flint is still looking for her. When Mr. Bruce re-marries, Linda confesses to the new Mrs. Bruce that she is a fugitive slave. Upon hearing this, Mrs. Bruce sends Linda to New England where she can stay with a senator's wife. Linda stays in New England for a month until she returns to New York, again. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when the Fugitive Slave Law comes into action. Northerners cannot help runaway slaves and they will be fined for it or even worse. This means that fugitive slaves have a more than likely chance of being captured.
Chapter 39: "The Confession"
Chapter 38: "Renewed Invitations to Go South"
When Linda returns from her visit to Boston, she finds out that her son, Benny, has left on a voyage so that he can escape the abuse of the people around him since they found out that he is not white but he is colored. She is heartbroken and devastated but tries to find the bright side of things. Another highlight when she comes back is that Mrs. Dodge, who was little Emily Flint, sends her a letter inviting Linda to go join her and her husband in Norfolk, Virginia (another slave state). Linda does not respond back to the letter and cannot believe that Dr. Flint is still looking for her after all these years. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter since Ben is still treated as if he were a slave since the people around him are abusing him because they found out that he was colored.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Chapter 37: "A Visit to England"
Chapter 36: "The Hairbreadth Escape"
Chapter 35: "Prejudice Against Color"
In this chapter, Linda goes on a vacation with Mrs. Bruce to Albany since she is taking care of Mary. Since Albany is farther North, Linda experiences some extreme prejudice. A waiter refuses to serve her, she can't sit with Mary on her lap, and the servants won't even bring food for her to eat. Linda also travels to Brooklyn to see Ellen who warns her not to visit Mrs. Hobbs' because her brother is visiting from the South. After her encounter with many people who are prejudice against her even though they had the same skin color, she refused to be treated that way and stood up for her rights. In this case, it worked for her and she got her respect.
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