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.
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