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.