Chapter 41 "Free At Last" (Or as I like to call it, "FINALLY!")

In this chapter, we find out that Linda receives letters from her grandmother informing her that Dr. Flint is finally dead (YAY!!). However, Linda is still not 100% relieved since she knows that the rest of the Flint family will want to reach her. When Linda finds out that Mr. and Mrs. Dodge are coming to New York, Linda is fearful and goes to Mrs. Bruce. Mrs. Bruce helps Linda by buying her freedom for $300 (YAY, again..!). Linda's grandmother is happy that she is free but dies shortly after the good news. Uncle Phillip has passed away also. Linda lives with Mrs. Bruce and tries to find happiness in life again.

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"

During her two year stay in Boston, Linda's brother, William, offers to send Ella to boarding school. Linda hesitates but then agrees since she believes that it would benefit Ella. Before she leaves, Linda confesses to Ella who her father was. However, Linda is surprised to find out that Ella already knew who it was. Linda spends a year with Quaker abolitionists named Amy and Isaac Post. They worked at the Underground Railroad and Linda feels so safe with them and cherishes her time being with them since she will return to the real world soon.

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.

Chapter 37: "A Visit to England"

In this chapter, Mrs. Bruce dies and Linda is devastated. Now, Mr. Bruce takes Linda to England with his daughter, Mary, so that she can see some relatives. Linda, Mr. Bruce, and Mary arrive in Liverpool. Linda feels great in England because for once in her life, she is not treated as if she was a slave and as if she was lower than them. She compares the English life to the American life and finds that there are a significant amount of differences. Although they were also treated unfairly, Linda believe that life as an English slave is better than that of an American's. Linda stays in England for a good ten months since she is genuinely happy there.

Chapter 36: "The Hairbreadth Escape"

In this following chapter, Linda finds out that Mr. Thorpe (Mrs. Hobbs' brother) contacted Dr. Flint and told him where Linda was hiding. Linda confesses to Mrs. Bruce about her being a fugitive slave, and Mrs. Bruce contacts her attorney. He helps Linda go to Boston with Ellen and William. When they arrive to their destination Ellen finally sees Benny, her brother, and the family lives there with Linda's friend. Linda teaches Ellen how to read and write since she never got the chance to learn. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when Mr. Thorpe sends a letter to Dr. Flint telling him where Linda was. It wasn't fair since he had no right to tell Dr. Flint that she was in hiding and her whereabouts. She was living a seemingly happy life until that happened and she has to run away again. At least she ran away to Boston and her family can reunite with Benny again.

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.

Chapter 34: "The Old Enemy Again"

In this chapter, Linda receives a letter from Dr. Flint who pretends to be his son, Mr. Flint. The letter consists of some kind words to make Linda go back to her "home". Linda knows of this trick and she does not respond to it. Linda finds out that Dr. Flint was going back to New York to look for her. After she hears this, she tells Mrs. Bruce that she has to leave for Boston to do some business. Linda leaves for Boston and stays there for a month. Her son, Benny, goes up North and is very excited about it since he is now a "free boy." When Dr. Flint cannot find Linda, he returns to Edenton and Linda goes back to New York. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter since Dr. Flint still has a form of control over her. She is still considered his slave and he is still her owner/master. Even though she is no longer with him physically, he still finds a way (letter) to get to her and try to make her go back to him.

Chapter Thirty-Three "A Home Found"

In this chapter, the readers find out that Linda is now a nurse maid for an English woman named Mrs. Bruce. Linda takes care of her baby, Mary, during this time. Linda's legs being to swell up because she keeps bringing Mary up and down the stairs. Mrs. Bruce takes care of Linda by calling in a physician to check up on her. Ellen is still with Mrs. Hobbs and to clothe her, Linda uses the money she earned to help pay for Ellen's clothes. Althoughthis was a pretty sad event, the ending starts to brighten up. Linda looks out the window and sees her brother, William, outside. The two brother and sister reunite in the end. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when Linda cannot help Ellen. She is not able to visit Ellen without feeling like she is helpless since Linda feels as if she can't help Ellen.

Chapter Thirty-Two "The Meeting of Mother and Daughter"

In this chapter, Linda and Fanny finally arrive in New York. Linda sets out to find her daughter Ellen and much to her surprise, she runs into her on the street. She finds out that Ellen is now living Mr. Sands cousin, Mrs. Hobbs. Linda visits Ellen and finds out that she is not attending school, which meant that Mr. Sands broke his promise about educating Ellen. Linda also discovers that Mrs. Hobbs is planning on giving Ellen away to her oldest daughter so that she can be her maid. Linda believes that she does not have the right to control her daughter's future since she is not freed yet. She writes to Dr. Flint insisting that he frees her. He says that he will consider it if she goes back to Edenton.

Chapter Thirty-One "Incidents in Philadelphia"

In this chapter, Linda and Fanny finally arrive in Philadelphia. The boat captain introduces them to Reverend Jeremiah Durham. He lets Fanny and Linda stay five days with him and his wife before they take a train to New York. One of Mrs. Durhams friends who lives in Philadelphia offers to go to New York with her and Fanny. Upon arriving to the train, Linda gets her first taste of Northern prejudice. She is told to sit in the back of the train cart since blacks were not allowed to sit in the first-class section. The corrupting power of slavery is indirectly shown in this chapter. Linda experiences the prejudice experiences in the North. It is also like the South since they weren't being treated equally either. Although it was not slavery, it was a form of it indirectly.

Chapter Thirty "Northward Bound"

In this following chapter, Linda finally reaches the boat that Peter was talking about. Linda and Fanny head to Philadelphia.To her surprise however, the boat captain was southerner. He claims that he opposes slavery and he treats them kindly and respectfully but she still has a hard time trusting him. After ten days on the boat, they finally reach their destination. While watching the sun rise on the free soil, Linda and Fanny start crying tears of joy. They both have feelings of loneliness since they are leaving their friends and family. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter since Linda and Fanny are unable to trust the boat captain. They have gone through most of their lives not being able to trust anyone since they are afraid that they might turn them in for a reward. It is pretty sad since they won't be able to trust anyone that easily.

Twenty-Seven to Twenty-Nine

"New Destination for Children: 27"
In this chapter, Mrs. Flint threatens to tell Mrs. Sands that Mr. Sands is the father of Linda' children. However, Mr. Sands already tells his wife that he fathered them indirectly. Mrs. Sands wants to take care of Benny and give Ellen to her sister instead. Linda does not want them to be enslaved so she tells her grandmother to speak to Mr. Sands to free them. He says they are free but he does not want them in Edenton since Dr. Flint may find them and say that he owns them. Ellen is sent to Brooklyn and Benny is sent to the North to live with Uncle Philip. Dr. Flint is enraged and Mrs. Flint tells her daughter to steal Linda's children back.

"Aunt Nancy: 28"
In this chapter, we find out that Aunt Nancy is a slave who was in Dr. Flint's family. While Aunt Nancy was pregnant, she had to take care of Mrs. Flint also. She has a miscarriage after miscarriage over the time of six years. Nancy takes care of Linda since she was in hiding and on her sixth year of hiding, Nancy dies. Since Linda still cannot be seen, she watches the funeral from her shed . This is a very sad chapter since someone close to Linda passed away.

"Preparation for Escape: 29"
In this chapter, the readers find out that Linda has been hiding in her shed for seven years. Since the shed is such a tiny space, she cannot walk right. Fanny runs away from the auction-block and Linda finds out. Fanny is hiding in Aggie's hut which is owned by Linda's grandmother. Linda finds out from Peter that there is a boat that Linda can run away to.However, her grandmother tells her not to go since someone was brutally murdered there. Fanny goes instead. Her grandmother take Linda into a storeroom so that she can stretch her legs and that is when a black maid, Jenny, walks in. Linda believes that she saw her so she is afraid. Linda talks to Peter about running away. Before she does, she finally sees her son, Benny, then leaves.

Chapter Twenty-Four to Twenty-Six

"The Candidate for Congress" 24
In this chapter Mr. Sands takes an attempt to for congress on Whig Party ticket while Dr. Flint runs for the opposing team. Mr. Sands wins the election afterwards and he prepares to depart for Washington. Linda wants to keep her children's freedom secure before he departs so she arranges a meeting with Mr. Sands. For the first time in two years she crawls out of her den and catches his attention while getting on the boat. She asks him to arrange for her children's emancipation before he goes, and he tells her it will be done. While on the way back to her den, she is weak and can barely walk. She had to wait for her uncle Phillips to walk her back.

"Competition in Cunning" 25
In this chapter,  Dr. Flint continues his search for Linda in New York and has already taken three trips. He has confirmed Linda escaping towards the free states. Linda decides to play along and support his confirmation by writing two letters; one to Dr. Flint and one to her grandmother. She had both sent to New York and back from there towards the locations in order to make it more believable. Her letters were successfully sent and her plan worked. Dr. Flint was now convinced that she was living in Boston. He takes the letter that was supposed to be sent to her grandmother and rewrites it attempting to get her family to hunt her down from New York.

"Important Era in My Brother's life" 26
William joins Mr. Sands journey towards Washington as his assistant. William has shown to him such hard work that he was even offered a friendship and becoming a co-worker. He really doesn't treat him as a slave. William still feels and acts as a slave but doesn't plan on returning south. Linda and her grandmother feel sad that he has left and that he is no longer a part of their lives but they manage to regain their happiness since soon they will regroup back in The North. Linda and her brother keep in touch through letters while she plans her escape years later.

Chapter Twenty-One to Twenty-Three

In this chapter, Linda hides in her grandmother's shed. The shed is a seven feet by nine feet and three inch high attic and  on top of her grandmother's house. Linda has to stay there for seven years since Dr. Flint and other people cannot find her. However, it isn't clean at all. There are mice and rats running across her while she's sleeping. She has bites and has to restrain from crying or screaming since they will find her. Uncle Philip made a trap door for her so that she can get food sent up to her. Also, there is a small opening that Linda can use so that she can see her children, her grandmother, and Dr. Flint. While she is in the attic, Dr. Flint goes to New York to search for her.

"Christmas Festivities: Twenty-Two"
In this chapter, the readers find out that Linda is sewing clothes for her children while she is still in hiding. They believe that she is still gone but is sending them resents for Christmas. She also tell us about the festivities of Christmas for the Johnkannuas dancers. She talks about her grandmother's friends who tell people that Linda is nowhere near her grandmother's house.She isn't able to watch her children open their Christmas presents. Dr. Flint tells them that he will buy them presents if they knew where she was. However, Benny tells him that he will never tell him where she is because he doesn't know, and he stands up for her.

"In Prison: Twenty-Three"
Many months pass and Linda is still living in her grandmother's shed. During the winter, she freezes and during the spring she is soaking wet from the rain. Linda almost dies since she was almost frozen and she had a serious illness. Her brother William gets his hands on some medicine and gives it to her so that she is safe.Also, Linda sees her son getting bitten by a dog and bleeding. She cannot do anything about it which makes her depressed. However, it takes him some time to walk again. Mrs. Flint
 wishes death upon Benny. We find out that Linda's grandmother is also very sick but she still recovers.

Chapter Twenty "New Perils"

In this chapter, Dr. Flint tries to break Linda by capturing her Uncle Philip and throwing him into jail. However, his tactic does not work since he doesn't know where she is.Since Linda believed that staying with Betty was not going to work out anymore since Dr. Flint may eventually find her. So she dresses up as a sailor and leaves Betty's house. A gentleman named Peter helps Linda by helping her find her way to Snaky Swamp. Linda stays there for the night but tries very hard to fight for her life since hundreds of snakes lie there. After that night, Linda finds out that a new place to hide is in her grandmother's house. While walking there, she brushes her arm against Mr. Sands and he does not even recognize her. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter since she has no way to be safe in Betty's house. She has to travel to different places in order to be safe. Finally, she ended up concealed somewhere in grandmother's house. A place that we will know very well in the next chapter.

Chapter Nineteen "The Children Sold"

In this chapter, Dr. Flint comes back to Edenton with no sign of Linda. Mr. Sands, the father of the children, buys William, Benny, and Ellen. Dr. Flint agrees to this because he does not know who is really buying them.After some time, Dr. Flint finds out that he sold them to Mr. Sands. He goes to Aunt Martha's house and vows to never let Linda go and to never set her free. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when Dr. Flint vows to never set Linda free just because he wanted revenge. He did not care about the money, all he cared about was getting her back for running away and refusing to sleep with him.

Chapter Eighteen "Months of Peril"

In this chapter, Linda is running away from the white men who are searching for her. When she believed that she was almost going to get caught, she hid in thick bushes and got bitten by an unknown reptile. Little did she know, it was poisonous. Linda leaves Sally's house so that she can meet up with Betty. Betty helps Linda since she works for a white woman who will take Linda in. Betty's mistress hides Linda under the floorboard so that Dr. Flint and Mr. Flint won't find her. Dr. Flint tries every possible move to get Linda to come out of her hiding spot. However, Dr. Flint believes that Linda is in New York so he borrows money from several people to buy a ticket to New York to search for Linda. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when Dr. Flint throws Linda's family into jail so that he can weasel some information out of them.

Chapter Seventeen "The Flight"

In this chapter Linda flees the plantation and goes back to Edenton to take care of her children again. During the middle of the night, Linda escapes and informs her friend Sally about it. After she informed her, Linda goes to a friend's house and hides there. When Mr. Flint finds out that she has escaped, he goes to Aunt Martha's house to look for her. With no luck, he leaves furiously. When Dr. Flint finds out about Linda, he places a "Runaway Slave" ad. It was a $300 dollar reward for anyone who captured her. The corrupting power of slavery is shown when Mr. Flint goes to her grandmother's house threatening her to tell him where Linda was. If he found out any slaves were behind Linda's escape, he would give them 500 lashes.

Chapter Sixteen "Scene's at the Plantation"

In chapter 16, Linda goes to the plantation with her daughter Ellen. When she reaches the plantation, Ellen is given work and treated as a slave already. Linda can't take it, so she sends Ellen back to her grandmother. Mr. Flint gets mad at her, but doesn't do anything to her since she is such a good worker. Mr. Flint's great aunt, Miss Fanny visits him and the readers find out that Miss Fanny bought Linda's grandmother's freedom. Linda runs away to see her grandmother and children. When her grandma sees her, she tells Linda to stay at the plantation. When Mr. Flint throws a dinner party as a celebration of his new home, Dr. Flint and his wife are invited. A day after that, Linda sees how the young Mrs. Flint treats her old slaves. She refuses to give food to the older slaves because she believes that they were "too old to work, and they ought to be fed on grass." The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when the young Mrs. Flint refuses to give old slaves their rations just because she had an absurd belief. Since she is the plantation owner's wife, she also had power among the slaves.

Chapter Fifteen "Continued Persecutions"

In chapter 15, Dr. Flint visits Linda and brags about how much money he's going to make selling her children. Linda's friends try to free her by convincing a slave holder to buy her from Dr. Flint. As always, Dr. Flint refuses to sell her. He is enraged by her actions and takes it out on her son Benny by throwing him at a wall. Benny was passed out for such an extreme amount of time, that Linda thought he had died. When he finally wakes up, she isn't sure of either being happy to see him alive, or sad that this kind of action will continue any further. When Dr. Flint visits Linda again he tells her to make a decision; she was to choose whether to become his mistress, or work on his son's plantation. She decided to go work for his son. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter because Dr. Flint pressures Linda to choose between becoming his mistress or working on his son's plantation. It was pretty much a do or die situation since she will probably work until she dies, or she will die emotionally if she chose Dr. Flint.

Chapter Fourteen "Another Link to Life"

In chapter 14, Linda is still living with her grandmother because Mrs.Flint threatened to kill her if she ever stepped foot in their house. Linda gets pregnant again at the age of 19. When Dr. Flint finds out, he cuts off all her hair, and throws Linda down the stairs. When Linda finds out her baby is a girl, she feels depressed because slavery is worse for women. Linda's grandmother and herself take her children to get baptized. Linda names her son after Benjamin and names her daughter after the name that her father's old mistress gave her. She also adds her fathers surname. After the baptism, Linda's father's old mistress comes up to the newborn baby and gives her a gold chain. The gold chain symbolizes slavery since Linda did not want her daughter to feel the chains of slavery. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when Linda's father's old mistress gives her daughter a gold chain. Although it symbolizes slavery, it also symbolizes loyalty and obedience. Much like a tag/collar for a dog.

Chapter Thirteen "The Church and Slavery"

In chapter 13, slave holders believe that teaching slaves about church will help them resist rebellions. Linda is invited to listen to a sermon at the house of a free black man named Reverend Pike. However, Reverend Pike tells the slaves that they have been disobedient and naughty. He also tells them that they need to obey their masters or else they will be thrown into the fiery pits of hell. Linda tells her readers that the "Christians" in Edenton are hypocrites. The reason for this is because white men who sleep with white women will be dismissed but if they rape a slave, they will be excused for it. If a white man donates even a few cents, then he is considered religious. Dr. Flint joined the Episcopal church and told Linda that she could have a sexual relationship with him and still be considered "virtuous". Linda however, does not fall for his scheme and tells him no. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when the Reverend tells the slaves that they were born to work for their masters and that if they were disobedient, then they will be sent to hell. Reverend Pike did not know what was really going on behind the scenes because slave masters refused to tell him what actually happened. Also, slaves would be severely punished if they even let out a word about what really goes on in slavery.

Chapter Twelve "Fear of Insurrection"

In chapter 12, the word of Nat Turner's rebellion in Virginia reaches Harriet's neighborhood. The slaveholders in Edenton were afraid that the slaves around there would also start a rebellion. In order to prevent this, slaveholders hired poor white men to search everyone's houses. In order for Harriet to not get caught, she cleans her grandmothers house so that they won't be suspicious of her. Mr. Litch, who led the search of the slaves, searched the house of Harriet's grandmother. Harriet hid in the attic for weeks. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when Mr. Litch goes to her grandmother's house without any notice in search of evidence for any slave being there, especially since this is Harriet who he was looking for.

Chapter Ten "A Perilious Passage in the Slave Girl's Life"

In chapter 10, Harriet tells readers about Dr. Flint's new plan after her lover goes away. Dr. Flint believed that Harriet's fear of her mistress was the greatest obstacle of pursuing her. He informed her that he was going to build a small house for her in a place secluded from the town. Due to the fact that he kept pursuing her and his wife's jealousy, she became the biggest gossip news in her neighborhood. After she finds out that he already built the cottage for her, she tells him that she will never go there because she will become a mother in a few months. Without saying anything, he leaves the house. She goes to her grandmother's house and tries to confide in her. However, her grandmother shuts her out because of the vicious rumors about her and Dr. Flint. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when all those gossip and lies had been spread around until they reached her grandmother and Harriet never had a say in it because it was easy to believe that a master would have sexual relations with his slaves. She then forgiven later on and her grandmother believed her.

Chapter Nine "Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders"

In chapter 9, Harriet tells the readers about the slave owner named Mr. Litch. Unlike any other slave owner that Harriet knew, Mr. Litch was by far the most cold blooded and inhuman slave master she has ever come to know. One of his most infamous tortures was to suspend a slave from the ground and have him tied up underneath a cooking piece of fat pork while the drippings of burning fat scorched his bare flesh. Another torture less "painful" would involve catching a slave stealing and have him beaten up. Murder was so common on his plantation, that Mr. Litch refused to be alone after nightfall. Reason being because of his belief in ghosts. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when Mr. Litch Murders slaves as if it were a common thing to do.

Chapter Eleven "The New Tie to Life"

In chapter 11, Harriet is currently living in her grandmother's house. One day, Dr. Flint shows up and demands to know the race of the baby's father. Harriet comes up with a plan to tell Dr. Flint that the baby's father is a white man so that she can set free and given to the man. However, Dr. Flint swears that he will never sell her and she knows that her plan has backfired. After a couple of days, Harriet get's sick and her baby is born early. When her baby was the age of one, he get's really sick. She prays that he will live even though her previous belief was of death being better than living in the life of a slave. The corrupting power of slavery is shown when Dr. Flint finds out the baby's father is a white man, but still refuses to sell her.

Chapter Eight "What Slaves are Taught to Think of The North"

Harriet tells the readers that the slaveholders lied about the free-states in order to refrain any of them from running away. The slaveholders would make the North seem as if it were unappealing.  Masters attempt to get into the minds of slaves by saying things such as “god created Africans to be slaves.” The corrupting power of slavery in this chapter is shown when slaveholders lie about the North and keep the “free-states” away from them. They control slaves minds so that they won’t want to go to a better place.

Chapter Seven "The Lover"

In this chapter, we see that Harriet finds love in a free black man who offers to pay her ransom. However, her master Dr. Flint refuses to let her go. He does not want her to find happiness in another man and wants her for himself. Dr. Flint stated, “If you must have a husband, you may take up with one of my slaves.” His meaning was that she may marry one of his slaves because she will not be out of his reach. He could still try to pursue her because the slave that he "explained" in his statement would have no choice but to let his master pursue her. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when Harriet falls in love with the free black man and Dr. Flint forbids her from having any contact with him.

Chapter Six "The Jealous Mistress"

Harriet has just been informed by her master that she must live with him and his daughter. His mistress finds out that he sends Harriet to stay in the bedroom with him and his daughter and starts to question her while demanding she swears on the holy bible.  Mrs. Flint protects Harriet in some way by having her sleep in an adjoining room. During the dark of the night, Mrs. flint wakes up and tries to catch Harriet in her "lie" by pretending to be Dr. Flint. She whispers to her and tries to see if she bothers responding by seeing him in her dreams. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when Harriet had no choice but to sleep in the same room as him and his daughter. Also Mrs. Flint confronts Dr. Flint about whispering the foul words into Harriet’s ear. Dr. Flint denies all of this and Harriet is seen as a liar.

Chapter Five "The Trials of Girlhood"

In chapter 5 the readers see that Dr. Flint attempts to pursue her. The age difference between them is really high. Dr. Flint is 55 years old while Harriet was 15 at the time. He whispered foul words into her ear. He want’s her to succumb to him. She is unable to tell her grandmother, because he threatened to kill her if anyone were to find out. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter because Harriet was not able to inform anyone of his desires since he promised to kill her.

Chapter Four "The Slave Who Dared to Feel Like A Man"

Harriet’s uncle Benjamin had been pushed far enough that he was willing to attempt an escape to the North. He had a fight with his master and threw him to the ground. The reason behind this was because he was whipped when he did not immediately go to his master after he was summoned. After this incident, he fled to the North but was caught and brought back to his master. He was thrown into jail right after. When Harriet and his mother went to visit him, they saw that he was pale, and malnourished.The corrupting power of slavery is mainly shown in chapter 4 when Harriet and his mother visit Benjamin in jail. He was covered in rats, roaches and feces. He wasn’t treated as a prisoner at all, he was treated as if he were an animal. Although he was treated so cruel, he didn’t let this affect him and instead sang and laughed. The master was so furious that he sent him to live in an apartment full of dirty slaves covered in vermin and feces.

Chapter Three "The Slaves New Year's Day"

On the first of every year, slaves are put up for auction. On the second day the slaves are expected to go to their new masters. Rather than starting a new year with their families, they start out with their new owners. Some slaves were treated so well, that when New Years came, they were surrounded by a crowd begging not to be sold to a new master. Signs of corruption in this chapter can be shown when slaves are unwilling to go with their new master and are either locked up in jail or whipped until flood flows at their feet. Another way shown is when a mother is separated from all of her children and her master refused to tell her where he intended to take them.

Chapter Two "The New Master and Mistress"

After being passed onto a new home, Harriet’s owner turns out to be a 5 year old girl. However, the parents took Harriet in since their daughter was too young. Despite the fact that her previous mistress was nice, Dr. and Mrs. Flint turn out to be the opposite. Dr. Flint hides his sexual desires until Harriet is older and Mrs. Flint is a hypocrite for “loving god” while doing vile tasks. One of them would be spitting in kettles/dishes used for cooking. All went well until Harriet’s father dies without her being notified. After his death, she describes the house being “more dreary than ever”. However, with the love of her grandmother she still manages to go through tough times. The corrupting power of slavery is shown when Harriet isn’t able to visit her father at a funeral because a funeral wasn’t even held. It was as if a slave wasn’t important enough to have a funeral.

Chapter One "Childhood"

Born into slavery, Harriet Jacobs never knew about her status as a slave until the age of 6. Harriet lived with her mother and father, as well as her grandmother and siblings. During the same year, her mother passed away. Harriet’s mistress took her in and treated her like a child of her own. As time passed, her mistress also passed away and she had to be passed onto another family member. Harriet was not happy with her new “owners”. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter when Harriet’s grandmother lent 300 dollars to her mistress but she never paid her back. To make matters worse, Dr. Flint never had the interest to pay her back either.