Freedom

One day, when Linda was visiting Ellen, she found out that Mrs. Hobbs’s brother, Mr. Thorne, had wrote a letter to Dr. Flint. In the letter, he said, “I have seen your slave, Linda, and conversed with her. She can be taken very easily. There are enough of us here to swear to her identity as your property. I am a patriot, a lover of my country, and I do this as an act of justice to the laws.”
This causes Linda to spill her heart out to Mrs. Bruce and confess that she is a run-away slave. Mrs. Bruce said that she would do everything to protect her. It was decided that Linda must leave the city as soon as possible. At first she went to the house one of Mrs. Bruce’s friends. Mrs. Hobbs felt bad because it was her brother who had ratted Linda out to Dr. Flint, so she was very helpful. She was also a very kind and sympathetic woman who admired the love Linda had for her daughter. Linda, William, and Ellen go to Boston. Linda decides to stay there and live with a friend.
Mrs. Bruce dies, and Linda travels for a long while, avoiding Dr. Flint whenever he stops by. After Dr. Flint’s death, Emily Flint and her new husband come looking for her, but Linda again avoids them. Mr. Bruce gets re-married, and the new Mrs. Bruce buys her from the Flints and gives Linda her freedom.
In the end, Linda has mixed emotions because even though she got her freedom, she was bought as property to gain it. Mrs. Bruce had bought her so she could be free, but since she was bought she was still owned by someone.