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.