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.