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.
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