Chapter 32:
The Meeting of Mother and Daughter
Summary: Linda finally reunites with her daughter but, despite what she was promised, she finds out that Ellen has been neglected. Although Mr. Sands promised Linda that her daughter would be well taken care of and even have the opportunity to attend school, none were ever gone through with. Ellen was actually given to Mr. Sands' daughter as her maid instead, which gave her no time to ever go to school. Linda then felt the need to procure her own daughter's safety and freedom, but before she was able to do that, she had to be free herself. So she wrote to Dr. Flint to inquire about her sale.
Importance: Serving as yet another milestone in Linda's life, she finally was able to see her daughter with her own eyes on free soil. While it seemed like a miracle that she was even just able to free her daughter in the south, being able to get her all the way to the north and meet up with her was exponentially greater.
Connection to Theme: This shows how people in the North were affected by the psychological abuses of slavery as well. Even though they would say that slavery in the south was wrong, they did not hesitate to keep them as maids and give them poultry amounts of money as wages. White people still dominated over the blacks.
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