Chapter 29:
Preparations for Escape
Summary: Linda in this chapter wrote about her escape north. It was with help from Uncle Peter and his friend Peter that this was made possible. Before their plan was put into action however, Linda felt it necessary to introduce herself and say (what she was hoping not to be) final farewells to her son Benjamin who already knew about her whereabouts.
Importance: This was another climactic even which Linda experience, which renders such as an important milestone for her. She was to finally embark to receive her own freedom not just for herself, but to ease the burdens set on her grandmother who was becoming to old to bear them any longer.
Connection to Theme: This was one of the very few positive results of the psychological abuses which came with slavery. Either slaves were driven to death by the punishments from their masters or the unrealistic amounts of labor they endured or they were driven to want to escape to freedom. Although success was not guaranteed, the desperation slaves were pushed to drove them to try anything that fueled their hope.
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