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3,457 | 11030_chapter_xiii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Church And Slavery Following Nat Turner's rebellion, the slaveholders thought that exposing their slaves to religion would make them less likely to want to kill their masters. The Rev. Mr. Pike held an Episcopal service at a free colored man's house. Harriet was allowed to go because she could read. The topic of th... | [
"After the alarm caused by Nat Turner's insurrection had subsided, the\nslaveholders came to the conclusion that it would be well to give the\nslaves enough of religious instruction to keep them from murdering their\nmasters. The Episcopal clergyman offered to hold a separate service on\nSundays for their benefit. ... |
3,458 | 11030_chapter_xiv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Another Link To Life Harriet explains that she had not returned to Dr. Flint's house since the birth of her child. He still visited her and labored to convince her of how she had lowered herself. She knew that she had no chance of having a better life. What made her the most despairing was when he threatened to sell he... | [
"I had not returned to my master's house since the birth of my child. The\nold man raved to have me thus removed from his immediate power; but his\nwife vowed, by all that was good and great, she would kill me if I came\nback; and he did not doubt her word. Sometimes he would stay away for a\nseason. Then he would ... |
3,459 | 11030_chapter_xv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Continued Persecutions Harriet realized she would rather see her children killed than fall into the hands of Dr. Flint. Her children grew to fear him. One day he came to say that her lover had asked to buy her but that he had refused. Harriet said she did not know the man he was speaking of, and Dr. Flint grew so enrag... | [
"My children grew finely; and Dr. Flint would often say to me, with an\nexulting smile. \"These brats will bring me a handsome sum of money one of\nthese days.\"",
"I thought to myself that, God being my helper, they should never pass into\nhis hands. It seemed to me I would rather see them killed than have them\... |
3,460 | 11030_chapter_xvi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scenes At The Plantation Harriet took her daughter Ellen to the plantation. Harriet worked diligently, but the hard work was too much for her daughter, who "broke down under the trials of her new life. Harriet sent her back to her grandmother's house. After three weeks on the plantation, Harriet planned to sneak out at... | [
"Early the next morning I left my grandmother's with my youngest child. My\nboy was ill, and I left him behind. I had many sad thoughts as the old\nwagon jolted on. Hitherto, I had suffered alone; now, my little one was to\nbe treated as a slave. As we drew near the great house, I thought of the\ntime when I was fo... |
3,461 | 11030_chapter_xvii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Flight Harriet was prepared to put her plan into action. Even her grandmother's sorrow was no match for her fear for her children. Harriet snuck out of the house and ran to her grandmother's house. She knocked on the window of the room where Sally, a woman who resided with Aunt Marthy, stayed. She told Sally what w... | [
"Mr. Flint was hard pushed for house servants, and rather than lose me he had restrained his malice. I did my work faithfully, though not, of course, with a willing mind. They were evidently afraid I should leave them. Mr. Flint wished that I should sleep in the great house instead of the servants' quarters. His wi... |
3,462 | 11030_chapter_xviii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Months Of Peril Harriet marvels at how long and diligently the search for her went on. She sent messages to her relatives who told her they despaired that she would ever succeed at her escape. Nevertheless, Harriet's motto was "Give me liberty, or give me death". Harriet moved to the house of a kind white woman who was... | [
"The search for me was kept up with more perseverence than I had\nanticipated. I began to think that escape was impossible. I was in great\nanxiety lest I should implicate the friend who harbored me. I knew the\nconsequences would be frightful; and much as I dreaded being caught, even\nthat seemed better than causi... |
3,463 | 11030_chapter_xix | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Children Sold Harriet writes that Dr. Flint had come back from New York, disheartened that he had still not found Harriet and because he spent so much money. Mr. Sands, through a slave-trader, began pressing him to sell William and Harriet's children again. Dr. Flint finally decided that he would do it, and signed ... | [
"The Doctor came back from New York, of course without accomplishing his\npurpose. He had expended considerable money, and was rather disheartened. My brother and the children had now been in jail two months, and that also\nwas some expense. My friends thought it was a favorable time to work on his\ndiscouraged fee... |
3,464 | 11030_chapter_xx | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | New Perils Dr. Flint's exasperation manifested itself in taking revenge out on Harriet's family. He jailed her uncle Phillip, accusing him of aiding Harriet. Phillip remained quiet, but Harriet feared he would crack under the Dr. s cruelty and insults. The search for Harriet was renewed, as it was rumored that she was ... | [
"The doctor, more exasperated than ever, again tried to revenge himself on\nmy relatives. He arrested uncle Phillip on the charge of having aided my\nflight. He was carried before a court, and swore truly that he knew nothing\nof my intention to escape, and that he had not seen me since I left my\nmaster's plantati... |
3,465 | 11030_chapter_xxi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Loophole Of Retreat Harriet explains that there had been a shed built on her grandmother's property. There were boards laid across and then a triangular space made above them. This was to be Harriet's hiding place. No air or light was admitted. The highest part was only three feet tall. She was given a bed and laid... | [
"A small shed had been added to my grandmother's house years ago. Some\nboards were laid across the joists at the top, and between these boards and\nthe roof was a very small garret, never occupied by any thing but rats and\nmice. It was a pent roof, covered with nothing but shingles, according to\nthe southern cus... |
3,466 | 11030_chapter_xxii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Christmas Festivities Harriet describes Johnkannaus, a tradition among the slaves. Two men wear costumes and the companies of slaves follow them, dancing and singing, to ask for trifles - pennies or rum - from the whites in their town. Harriet notes that Christmas was a day of feasting for both whites and blacks, and A... | [
"Christmas was approaching. Grandmother brought me materials, and I busied\nmyself making some new garments and little playthings for my children. Were\nit not that hiring day is near at hand, and many families are fearfully\nlooking forward to the probability of separation in a few days, Christmas\nmight be a happ... |
3,467 | 11030_chapter_xxiii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Still In Prison Harriet grew even wearier of her imprisonment. There seemed to be no palatable options for escape. It seemed incomprehensible that Dr. Flint could walk about unfettered while she was stuck in her hiding place; after all, he was the true criminal. The seasons passed and brought with them much misery for ... | [
"When spring returned, and I took in the little patch of green the aperture\ncommanded, I asked myself how many more summers and winters I must be\ncondemned to spend thus. I longed to draw in a plentiful draught of fresh\nair, to stretch my cramped limbs, to have room to stand erect, to feel the\nearth under my fe... |
3,468 | 11030_chapter_xxiv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Candidate For Congress Harriet learned that her children's father was running for Congress as a Whig candidate. Even though Dr. Flint worked earnestly against him, Mr. Sands won the election. Harriet worried that once he went off to Washington he would not be able to do anything for the children. She wanted them em... | [
"The summer had nearly ended, when Dr. Flint made a third visit to New York,\nin search of me. Two candidates were running for Congress, and he returned\nin season to vote. The father of my children was the Whig candidate. The\ndoctor had hitherto been a stanch Whig; but now he exerted all his energies\nfor the def... |
3,469 | 11030_chapter_xxv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Competition In Cunning Dr. Flint had not given up on finding Harriet. She decided that, since he thought she was in New York, that she should write a letter dated from that location. Her friend Peter was able to take the letters - she wrote one to her grandmother as well - to a person who was going to New York and woul... | [
"Dr. Flint had not given me up. Every now and then he would say to my\ngrandmother that I would yet come back, and voluntarily surrender myself;\nand that when I did, I could be purchased by my relatives, or any one who\nwished to buy me. I knew his cunning nature too well not to perceive that\nthis was a trap laid... |
3,470 | 11030_chapter_xxvi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Important Era In My Brother's Life Harriet expresses how much she missed her brother William, who had gone north with Mr. Sands. The latter wrote that William was an excellent servant, and even though he met abolitionists they were not able to "decoy him away". It was soon reported that Mr. Sands had taken a bride and ... | [
"I missed the company and kind attentions of my brother William, who had\ngone to Washington with his master, Mr. Sands. We received several letters\nfrom him, written without any allusion to me, but expressed in such a\nmanner that I knew he did not forget me. I disguised my hand, and wrote to\nhim in the same man... |
3,471 | 11030_chapter_xxvii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | New Destination For The Children Harriet worried over the fate of her children. The wife of Mr. Sands had seen Benny in the street and taken a fancy to him; Mr. Sands told her his true relation to them and she wanted to see the children. Harriet was stricken, for she had done so much to protect them and now they were t... | [
"Mrs. Flint proclaimed her intention of informing Mrs. Sands who was the\nfather of my children. She likewise proposed to tell her what an artful\ndevil I was; that I had made a great deal of trouble in her family; that\nwhen Mr. Sands was at the north, she didn't doubt I had followed him in\ndisguise, and persuade... |
3,472 | 11030_chapter_xxviii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Aunt Nancy Harriet's beloved great-aunt Nancy, her mother's twin sister, had been married at age twenty to a seafaring man, but this sort of arrangement could be annulled at any time at the whim of a slaveholder. Aunt Nancy was the slave of Mrs. Flint and slept on the floor in her bedroom. She gave birth to multiple pr... | [
"I have mentioned my great-aunt, who was a slave in Dr. Flint's family, and\nwho had been my refuge during the shameful persecutions I suffered from\nhim. This aunt had been married at twenty years of age; that is, as far as\nslaves _can_ marry. She had the consent of her master and mistress, and a\nclergyman perfo... |
3,473 | 11030_chapter_xxix | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Preparations For Escape Harriet writes more of her restlessness and pain in her hiding place. It was slowly getting more and more uninhabitable, as rain was now leaking through the eaves. In January, the time when slaves were bought and sold, Harriet heard about a woman named Fanny, the daughter of the elderly slave Ag... | [
"I hardly expect that the reader will credit me, when I affirm that I lived\nin that little dismal hole, almost deprived of light and air, and with no\nspace to move my limbs, for nearly seven years. But it is a fact; and to me\na sad one, even now; for my body still suffers from the effects of that\nlong imprisonm... |
3,474 | 11030_chapter_xxx | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Northward Bound Fanny and Harriet reunited on the ship and were overjoyed to be with each other. They were pleased that the white captain was so kind to them, explaining that he thought the slave trade was "a pitiable and degrading business. He treated them both with immense respect and their journey to the Free states... | [
"I never could tell how we reached the wharf. My brain was all of a whirl, and my limbs tottered under me. At an appointed place we met my uncle Phillip, who had started before us on a different route, that he might reach the wharf first, and give us timely warning if there was any danger. A row-boat was in readine... |
3,475 | 11030_chapter_xxxi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Incidents In Philadelphia When the boat reached Philadelphia, Harriet earnestly thanked the captain for his kindness. He introduced her to the Rev. Jeremiah Durham, who said that Harriet could stay with him for a few days before she was able to get to New York. Fanny was placed with another family. Mrs. Durham was an e... | [
"I had heard that the poor slave had many friends at the north. I trusted we\nshould find some of them. Meantime, we would take it for granted that all\nwere friends, till they proved to the contrary. I sought out the kind\ncaptain, thanked him for his attentions, and told him I should never cease\nto be grateful f... |
3,476 | 11030_chapter_xxxii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Meeting Of Mother And Daughter After navigating a maze of coachmen, Harriet and Fanny made it to a boarding-house on Sullivan Street. They separated, and Fanny was provided a comfortable home by the Anti-Slavery Society. Harriet sent for an old friend who told her that there was a colored woman in Brooklyn who came... | [
"When we arrived in New York, I was half crazed by the crowd of coachmen\ncalling out, \"Carriage, ma'am?\" We bargained with one to take us to\nSullivan Street for twelve shillings. A burly Irishman stepped up and said,\n\"I'll tak' ye for sax shillings.\" The reduction of half the price was an\nobject to us, and ... |
3,477 | 11030_chapter_xxxiii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A Home Found Harriet fretted about finding a job because she could obviously not use recommendations from her former "employer", the Flints. Finally she heard of an English woman who needed a nurse for her child. This woman, Mrs. Bruce, liked Harriet and agreed to employ her. She was a "kind and gentle lady, and proved... | [
"My greatest anxiety now was to obtain employment. My health was greatly\nimproved, though my limbs continued to trouble me with swelling whenever I\nwalked much. The greatest difficulty in my way was, that those who employed\nstrangers required a recommendation; and in my peculiar position, I could,\n of ... |
3,478 | 11030_chapter_xxxiv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Old Enemy Again Harriet received a letter of reply from Miss Flint, purportedly written by her younger brother. It expressed the family's joy that she had written them and begged her to come home. It promised they would be kind and take care of her, reminding her of how well she was treated when she was there. It w... | [
"My young mistress, Miss Emily Flint, did not return any answer to my letter\nrequesting her to consent to my being sold. But after a while, I received a\nreply, which purported to be written by her younger brother. In order\nrightly to enjoy the contents of this letter, the reader must bear in mind\nthat the Flint... |
3,479 | 11030_chapter_xxxv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Prejudice Against Color Mrs. Bruce and Harriet ventured north to Albany, then to Saratoga. Harriet marveled at how poorly blacks were treated in the north. Between the two visits Harriet had been back in the city, and Ellen warned her not to come over because Mrs. Hobbs's brother Mr. Thorne was in town, and he was susp... | [
"It was a relief to my mind to see preparations for leaving the city. We went to Albany in the steamboat Knickerbocker. When the gong sounded for tea, Mrs. Bruce said, \"Linda, it is late, and you and baby had better come to the table with me.\" I replied, \"I know it is time baby had her supper, but I had rather n... |
3,480 | 11030_chapter_xxxvi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Hairbreadth Escape While visiting Ellen, Mrs. Hobbs told Harriet that her brother wanted to see her. Harriet felt she had no choice but to comply, and went to see Mr. Thorne. He was very friendly, but Harriet was still wary. Ellen told her that Mr. Hobbs and Mr. Thorne drank excessively, and years later Harriet fou... | [
"After we returned to New York, I took the earliest opportunity to go and\nsee Ellen. I asked to have her called down stairs; for I supposed Mrs.\nHobbs's southern brother might still be there, and I was desirous to avoid\nseeing him, if possible. But Mrs. Hobbs came to the kitchen, and insisted\non my going up sta... |
3,481 | 11030_chapter_xxxvii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A Visit To England Harriet learned that her beloved Mrs. Bruce was dead. Her husband desired that Harriet accompany Mary, her little charge, to visit relatives in England. Harriet agreed, and putting Benny in a trade and leaving Ellen with her friend, traveled to England. She was amazed at how "for the first time in my... | [
"In the spring, sad news came to me. Mrs. Bruce was dead. Never again, in\nthis world, should I see her gentle face, or hear her sympathizing voice. I\nhad lost an excellent friend, and little Mary had lost a tender mother. Mr.\nBruce wished the child to visit some of her mother's relatives in England,\n and h... |
3,482 | 11030_chapter_xxxviii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Renewed Invitations To Go South The time came to return to America, and Harriet lamented how it was a sad thing to be afraid of one's native country. When she returned she found Ellen well, but, after being discriminated against for his color while taking up a trade, Benny had decided to ship out on a whaling voyage. H... | [
"We had a tedious winter passage, and from the distance spectres seemed to\nrise up on the shores of the United States. It is a sad feeling to be\nafraid of one's native country. We arrived in New York safely, and I\nhastened to Boston to look after my children. I found Ellen well, and\nimproving at her school; but... |
3,483 | 11030_chapter_xxxix | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Confession William put up the funds to send Ellen away to a boarding school to improve her education. Harriet knew this was the right thing to do, but it did not make it easier for her to part with her daughter. Her conscience regarding Mr. Sands troubled her, and she gathered enough courage to tell Ellen about her... | [
"For two years my daughter and I supported ourselves comfortably in Boston.\nAt the end of that time, my brother William offered to send Ellen to a\nboarding school. It required a great effort for me to consent to part with\nher, for I had few near ties, and it was her presence that made my two\nlittle rooms seem h... |
3,484 | 11030_chapter_xl | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Fugitive Slave Law William, thwarted in his project, decided to take Benny to California with him. Ellen remained and prospered in boarding school. Harriet returned to the Bruce household in New York City. Mr. Bruce had remarried and there was a new baby for Harriet to nurse. Mrs. Bruce was not English, but she was... | [
"My brother, being disappointed in his project, concluded to go to\nCalifornia; and it was agreed that Benjamin should go with him. Ellen liked\nher school, and was a great favorite there. They did not know her history,\nand she did not tell it, because she had no desire to make capital out of\ntheir sympathy. But ... |
3,485 | 11030_chapter_xli | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Free At Last In the final chapter, Harriet wrote of her grandmother, who occasionally dictated letters that were sent to Harriet in New York. One day a letter came which said that Dr. Flint had died, leaving his family in an unhappy financial situation. Harriet was relieved he was dead, but knew that she was not out of... | [
"Mrs. Bruce, and every member of her family, were exceedingly kind to me. I\nwas thankful for the blessings of my lot, yet I could not always wear a\ncheerful countenance. I was doing harm to no one; on the contrary, I was\ndoing all the good I could in my small way; yet I could never go out to\nbreathe God's free ... |
3,445 | 11030_chapter_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We start out with a happy childhood. Carefree, bunny rabbits, Disneyfied soundtrack, the whole thing. We're thinking it's about to go downhill. Yep, here it comes: the narrator's mom dies, and she's sent to live with and work for her mother's mistress. Oh, okay, whew. The new mistress seems like a nice lady. Now we get... | [
"I was born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away. My father was a carpenter, and considered so intelligent and skilful in his trade, that, when buildings out of the common line were to be erected, he was sent for from long distances, to be head workman. On condition of payi... |
3,446 | 11030_chapter_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The narrator and her brother William move in with their new family, headed by local physician Dr. Flint. They are not immediately made welcome. We finally get the narrator's name, courtesy of her grandmother. It's Linda. More sadness: Linda's dad dies. You'd think she might get the day off, but instead Mrs. Flint order... | [
"Dr. Flint, a physician in the neighborhood, had married the sister of my\nmistress, and I was now the property of their little daughter. It was not\nwithout murmuring that I prepared for my new home; and what added to my\nunhappiness, was the fact that my brother William was purchased by the same\nfamily. My fathe... |
3,447 | 11030_chapter_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | New Year's Day! Brunches, champagne, and resolutions to finally lose that 10 pounds. Unless you're a slave. In that case, January 1st is the day slaves are sold to new masters. On one "hiring-day," Linda watched a slave mother lose all seven of her children at the auction-block. In case we're not outraged enough, Linda... | [
"Dr. Flint owned a fine residence in town, several farms, and about fifty\nslaves, besides hiring a number by the year.",
"Hiring-day at the south takes place on the 1st of January. On the 2d, the\nslaves are expected to go to their new masters. On a farm, they work until\nthe corn and cotton are laid. They then ... |
3,448 | 11030_chapter_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda is fourteen now, and life has... not improved. In fact, you might say it's gotten worse. Take this fun little incident: One day in the middle of winter, Mrs. Flint sees Linda walking around in a new pair of shoes her grandmother has given her. Something about the way these shoes sound really drives Mrs. Flint cra... | [
"Two years had passed since I entered Dr. Flint's family, and those years\nhad brought much of the knowledge that comes from experience, though they\nhad afforded little opportunity for any other kinds of knowledge.",
"My grandmother had, as much as possible, been a mother to her orphan\ngrandchildren. By perseve... |
3,449 | 11030_chapter_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | New year, new troubles. Now that Linda is fifteen, Mr. Flint is getting ideas. He whispers dirty suggestions in her ear and threatens to kill her if she tells anyone. It's the end of innocence. Here's a little anecdote to illustrate how different Linda's life is from that of a white teenager: She once saw two young gir... | [
"During the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was\naccustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress. Though this seemed to me no more than right, I was grateful for it, and\ntried to merit the kindness by the faithful discharge of my duties. But I\nnow entered on my fifteenth y... |
3,450 | 11030_chapter_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Dr. Flint figures out that Linda can read. Sweet! Now he can write her letters demanding sex. Mrs. Flint realizes that something's up and isn't too happy about it. She argues with Dr. Flint. A lot. Dr. Flint ups the intrigue by insisting that his four-year-old daughter sleep in his room at night. How is this going to h... | [
"I would ten thousand times rather that my children should be the\nhalf-starved paupers of Ireland than to be the most pampered among the\nslaves of America. I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton\nplantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an\nunprincipled master and a jealous mist... |
3,451 | 11030_chapter_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ah, young love. Linda has the hots for a young, freeborn carpenter, who proposes marriage. Afraid that Dr. Flint won't let her get married, Linda asks one of Dr. Flint's female friends to intervene for her. Dr. Flint says no way, and smacks Linda around a little for good measure. Oh, and if he ever sees her with the ca... | [
"Why does the slave ever love? Why allow the tendrils of the heart to twine\naround objects which may at any moment be wrenched away by the hand of\nviolence? When separations come by the hand of death, the pious soul can\nbow in resignation, and say, \"Not my will, but thine be done, O Lord!\" But\nwhen the ruthle... |
3,452 | 11030_chapter_8 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | So, you might be wondering why more slaves don't run away to the North, considering how crummy the South is. Lies, lies, and more lies. Slave owners lie to their slaves about how bad life is up North. Like, a slaveholder once told Linda that he saw one of her runaway friends up North, and she was literally dying of sta... | [
"Slaveholders pride themselves upon being honorable men; but if you were to\nhear the enormous lies they tell their slaves, you would have small respect\nfor their veracity. I have spoken plain English. Pardon me. I cannot use a\nmilder term. When they visit the north, and return home, they tell their\nslaves of th... |
3,453 | 11030_chapter_9 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda gives sketches of three slaveholders in her neighborhood. Exhibit A: Mr. Litch tortures his slaves through starvation, physical torture, and, sometimes, murder. His brother is no better. When a slave runs away, he lets his bloodhounds loose to tear the flesh from his bones. Exhibit B: Mr. Conant punishes a slave ... | [
"There was a planter in the country, not far from us, whom I will call Mr.\nLitch. He was an ill-bred, uneducated man, but very wealthy. He had six\nhundred slaves, many of whom he did not know by sight. His extensive\nplantation was managed by well-paid overseers. There was a jail and a\nwhipping post on his groun... |
3,454 | 11030_chapter_10 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Dr. Flint plans to build a secret house in the woods where he and Linda can have sex. Linda is so not into this idea. Meanwhile, the town is all het up by what is going on between Dr. Flint and Linda. Mr. Sands, a white friend of Aunt Martha's, takes an interest in Linda. You know, that kind of interest. Linda starts h... | [
"After my lover went away, Dr. Flint contrived a new plan. He seemed to have\nan idea that my fear of my mistress was his greatest obstacle. In the\nblandest tones, he told me that he was going to build a small house for me,\n in a secluded place, four miles away from the town. I shuddered; but I was\n ... |
3,455 | 11030_chapter_11 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda is living at Aunt Martha's house, but she still belongs to Dr. Flint. One day, Dr. Flint shows up and demands to know the race of the baby's father. When he learns that he is a white man, Dr. Flint demands that Linda cut off ties with the guy. Plus, her plan has failed, since Dr. Flint is never going to sell her.... | [
"I returned to my good grandmother's house. She had an interview with Mr.\nSands. When she asked him why he could not have left her one ewe\nlamb,--whether there were not plenty of slaves who did not care about\ncharacter,--he made no answer, but he spoke kind and encouraging words. He\npromised to care for my chil... |
3,456 | 11030_chapter_12 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Word spreads of Nat Turner's slave rebellion in Virginia. Worried that the slaves may be planning a revolt, the slaveholders in Edenton hire poor whites to search everyone. Dozens of slaves--men, women and children--are whipped and tortured. Linda cleans her grandmother's house to get the searchers off her back. Mr. Li... | [
"Not far from this time Nat Turner's insurrection broke out; and the news\nthrew our town into great commotion. Strange that they should be alarmed,\nwhen their slaves were so \"contented and happy\"! But so it was.",
"It was always the custom to have a muster every year. On that occasion\nevery white man shoulde... |
3,457 | 11030_chapter_13 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The slaveholders in Edenton decide that a little churchifying will fix their slaves up. Linda is invited to hear the sermon at the house of a free black man, Reverend Pike. Reverend Pike basically tells the slaves that they've been naughty, and it's their Christian duty to obey their masters. Linda thinks this is a lit... | [
"After the alarm caused by Nat Turner's insurrection had subsided, the\nslaveholders came to the conclusion that it would be well to give the\nslaves enough of religious instruction to keep them from murdering their\nmasters. The Episcopal clergyman offered to hold a separate service on\nSundays for their benefit. ... |
3,458 | 11030_chapter_14 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Things haven't really improved. Linda is still living with her grandmother, since Mrs. Flint threatened to kill her if she came back to the main house, and Dr. Flint is still harassing Linda and threatening to sell her child. This chapter is full of fun little incidents, like one day Dr. Flint throws Linda down the sta... | [
"I had not returned to my master's house since the birth of my child. The\nold man raved to have me thus removed from his immediate power; but his\nwife vowed, by all that was good and great, she would kill me if I came\nback; and he did not doubt her word. Sometimes he would stay away for a\nseason. Then he would ... |
3,459 | 11030_chapter_15 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Dr. Flint gloats about how much money he's going to make when he sells off Linda's kids. But he's still not interested in selling her. One day, Linda's friends convince a slaveholder to offer to buy Linda and her family. Dr. Flint refuses, of course, and then throws her son Benny across the room. Benny's okay, but he's... | [
"My children grew finely; and Dr. Flint would often say to me, with an\nexulting smile. \"These brats will bring me a handsome sum of money one of\nthese days.\"",
"I thought to myself that, God being my helper, they should never pass into\nhis hands. It seemed to me I would rather see them killed than have them\... |
3,460 | 11030_chapter_16 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda heads to the plantation with her daughter Ellen. Benny's sick, so he stays behind. That's a good thing for him, since poor little Ellen is given work and separated from her mother and basically treated like a slave. Eventually, Linda's had enough and sends her back to Aunt Martha's. Mr. Flint is briefly outraged,... | [
"Early the next morning I left my grandmother's with my youngest child. My\nboy was ill, and I left him behind. I had many sad thoughts as the old\nwagon jolted on. Hitherto, I had suffered alone; now, my little one was to\nbe treated as a slave. As we drew near the great house, I thought of the\ntime when I was fo... |
3,461 | 11030_chapter_17 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda is out of there. She escapes the plantation in the middle of the night. First, she heads off to tell her friend Sally that she's run away. Then, she sneaks away to the house of a friend who will hide her. When Mr. Flint realizes Linda has run away, he searches Aunt Martha's house. Dr. Flint gets involved by placi... | [
"Mr. Flint was hard pushed for house servants, and rather than lose me he had restrained his malice. I did my work faithfully, though not, of course, with a willing mind. They were evidently afraid I should leave them. Mr. Flint wished that I should sleep in the great house instead of the servants' quarters. His wi... |
3,462 | 11030_chapter_18 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda hides out with her friend and sends messages to her family when she can. An old white friend of Aunt Martha's offers to take Linda in and hide her. Linda gets a message that she should leave her friend's house and go to a designated spot, where someone will be waiting to take her to her new home. This is all very... | [
"The search for me was kept up with more perseverence than I had\nanticipated. I began to think that escape was impossible. I was in great\nanxiety lest I should implicate the friend who harbored me. I knew the\nconsequences would be frightful; and much as I dreaded being caught, even\nthat seemed better than causi... |
3,463 | 11030_chapter_19 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | No luck. Dr. Flint returns from New York empty-handed. Well, duh, she's hiding right down the road. Mr. Sands sends an agent to buy Linda's children and her brother. Eventually, Dr. Flint agrees--but only because he doesn't know who he's really selling to. Mr. Sands now owns Ellen, Benny, and William, who are all reall... | [
"The Doctor came back from New York, of course without accomplishing his\npurpose. He had expended considerable money, and was rather disheartened. My brother and the children had now been in jail two months, and that also\nwas some expense. My friends thought it was a favorable time to work on his\ndiscouraged fee... |
3,464 | 11030_chapter_20 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Trying a new tactic, Dr. Flint has Uncle Phillip arrested and jailed. Bet he's sorry he came back South now. Even after Phillip is eventually released, Dr. Flint stakes out Aunt Martha's house. Time for a new hiding place. Linda dresses up in a sailor's uniform and leaves Betty's house. A guy named Peter rows her out t... | [
"The doctor, more exasperated than ever, again tried to revenge himself on\nmy relatives. He arrested uncle Phillip on the charge of having aided my\nflight. He was carried before a court, and swore truly that he knew nothing\nof my intention to escape, and that he had not seen me since I left my\nmaster's plantati... |
3,465 | 11030_chapter_21 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Home sweet home is a tiny crawlspace above Aunt Martha's shed. And we mean tiny. It's seven by nine feet, about three feet high, and only has room for a tiny bed. But it has plenty of room for rats and mice, not to mention little bitey red ants. At least Uncle Phillip has built a trap door to the crawlspace so Aunt Mar... | [
"A small shed had been added to my grandmother's house years ago. Some\nboards were laid across the joists at the top, and between these boards and\nthe roof was a very small garret, never occupied by any thing but rats and\nmice. It was a pent roof, covered with nothing but shingles, according to\nthe southern cus... |
3,466 | 11030_chapter_22 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Even in that tiny space, Linda manages to sew new clothes for her children. She can't even watch them open their presents--although at least she gets to see them walking by in their fancy new outfits. Worst Christmas ever. | [
"Christmas was approaching. Grandmother brought me materials, and I busied\nmyself making some new garments and little playthings for my children. Were\nit not that hiring day is near at hand, and many families are fearfully\nlooking forward to the probability of separation in a few days, Christmas\nmight be a happ... |
3,467 | 11030_chapter_23 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Months pass. Linda freezes in the winter and soaks during the spring. During the second winter, a long illness almost kills her. Her brother William manages to get medicine from a doctor by pretending that her symptoms are his. She also sees her son covered in blood from a dog bite. He's fine, but it's a long time befo... | [
"When spring returned, and I took in the little patch of green the aperture\ncommanded, I asked myself how many more summers and winters I must be\ncondemned to spend thus. I longed to draw in a plentiful draught of fresh\nair, to stretch my cramped limbs, to have room to stand erect, to feel the\nearth under my fe... |
3,468 | 11030_chapter_24 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mr. Sands runs for Congress and wins, as a Whig. He's off to Washington. Before he leaves, he visits the children. Linda emerges from her hiding spot and begs him to free them. He promises that he will, but we're not going to believe it until we see it. | [
"The summer had nearly ended, when Dr. Flint made a third visit to New York,\nin search of me. Two candidates were running for Congress, and he returned\nin season to vote. The father of my children was the Whig candidate. The\ndoctor had hitherto been a stanch Whig; but now he exerted all his energies\nfor the def... |
3,469 | 11030_chapter_25 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda decides to write Dr. Flint a letter from New York, in order to convince him that she is living up north. She really does her research, asking her friend Peter for a New York newspaper to get the names of New York streets. Using the paper, Linda writes two letters, one to Dr. Flint and one to Aunt Martha. She clai... | [
"Dr. Flint had not given me up. Every now and then he would say to my\ngrandmother that I would yet come back, and voluntarily surrender myself;\nand that when I did, I could be purchased by my relatives, or any one who\nwished to buy me. I knew his cunning nature too well not to perceive that\nthis was a trap laid... |
3,470 | 11030_chapter_26 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Here's a little story about William. William went to Washington with Mr. Sands. They traveled all through the North and Canada, where William met lots of abolitionists. Meanwhile, Mr. Sands gets married. When Mr. Sands returns to Edenton with his new wife, he tells Aunt Martha that William has run off with abolitionist... | [
"I missed the company and kind attentions of my brother William, who had\ngone to Washington with his master, Mr. Sands. We received several letters\nfrom him, written without any allusion to me, but expressed in such a\nmanner that I knew he did not forget me. I disguised my hand, and wrote to\nhim in the same man... |
3,471 | 11030_chapter_27 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This chapter has a bunch of confusing business about Linda's children. It begins with Mrs. Flint threatening Linda that she's going to tell Mrs. Sands that Benny and Ellen are Mr. Sands's children. Before she can, Mr. Sands tells his wife that the two children are his, with the vague phrase "his relation to them" . It'... | [
"Mrs. Flint proclaimed her intention of informing Mrs. Sands who was the\nfather of my children. She likewise proposed to tell her what an artful\ndevil I was; that I had made a great deal of trouble in her family; that\nwhen Mr. Sands was at the north, she didn't doubt I had followed him in\ndisguise, and persuade... |
3,472 | 11030_chapter_28 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Here's a really gloomy story about Aunt Nancy: Linda's Aunt Nancy was a slave in Dr. Flint's family. When she was twenty, her master and mistress allowed her to marry. Nancy was Mrs. Flint's servant when both women were pregnant. Mrs. Flint made Nancy lie outside her door each night, just in case Mrs. Flint needed anyt... | [
"I have mentioned my great-aunt, who was a slave in Dr. Flint's family, and\nwho had been my refuge during the shameful persecutions I suffered from\nhim. This aunt had been married at twenty years of age; that is, as far as\nslaves _can_ marry. She had the consent of her master and mistress, and a\nclergyman perfo... |
3,473 | 11030_chapter_29 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda has now lived in the crawlspace for seven years, and her mobility is seriously starting to suffer. Linda tells the story of her friend Fanny, who ran away from the auction-block months ago. She has been staying in her mother Aggie's hut. Aggie's hut is owned by Aunt Martha, and is on her land, so Linda and Fanny ... | [
"I hardly expect that the reader will credit me, when I affirm that I lived\nin that little dismal hole, almost deprived of light and air, and with no\nspace to move my limbs, for nearly seven years. But it is a fact; and to me\na sad one, even now; for my body still suffers from the effects of that\nlong imprisonm... |
3,474 | 11030_chapter_30 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda makes it to the boat. The captain turns out to be a kind southerner who opposes slavery, but Linda--understandably--has a hard time trusting him. Ten days after boarding the boat, they approach Philadelphia. Together, Linda and Fanny watch the sunrise on free soil. Their eyes are moist with tears. We're feeling a... | [
"I never could tell how we reached the wharf. My brain was all of a whirl, and my limbs tottered under me. At an appointed place we met my uncle Phillip, who had started before us on a different route, that he might reach the wharf first, and give us timely warning if there was any danger. A row-boat was in readine... |
3,475 | 11030_chapter_31 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When they reach Philadelphia, Linda meets a black man named Rev. Jeremiah Durham, a local minister. He offers Fanny and Linda places to stay for the night, while they wait for a morning car to New York. Linda stays with the Durhams, who are both kind to her, and ask her stories about her life in slavery. She tells them... | [
"I had heard that the poor slave had many friends at the north. I trusted we\nshould find some of them. Meantime, we would take it for granted that all\nwere friends, till they proved to the contrary. I sought out the kind\ncaptain, thanked him for his attentions, and told him I should never cease\nto be grateful f... |
3,476 | 11030_chapter_32 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Fanny and Linda arrive in New York and go their separate ways--Fanny to the Anti-Slavery Society and Linda to friends. One day, she runs into her daughter Ellen on the street. Linda sends a note to Mrs. Hobbs, the cousin of Mr. Sands who now keeps Ellen. Linda is allowed to visit, and she learns that Ellen has not been... | [
"When we arrived in New York, I was half crazed by the crowd of coachmen\ncalling out, \"Carriage, ma'am?\" We bargained with one to take us to\nSullivan Street for twelve shillings. A burly Irishman stepped up and said,\n\"I'll tak' ye for sax shillings.\" The reduction of half the price was an\nobject to us, and ... |
3,477 | 11030_chapter_33 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda becomes a nursemaid for an English woman named Mrs. Bruce. When Linda's limbs become swollen from walking up and down the stairs taking care of the baby, Mrs. Bruce gets her a doctor and lightens her work load. Since the Hobbses are not clothing Ellen, Linda uses her wages to buy Ellen clothes. Mrs. Bruce is a re... | [
"My greatest anxiety now was to obtain employment. My health was greatly\nimproved, though my limbs continued to trouble me with swelling whenever I\nwalked much. The greatest difficulty in my way was, that those who employed\nstrangers required a recommendation; and in my peculiar position, I could,\n of ... |
3,478 | 11030_chapter_34 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Dr. Flint writes Linda a letter, posing as his young son, asking Linda to come back home and pretending to be all loving and kind. Linda obviously doesn't respond. When she learns that Dr. Flint is coming to New York again to find her, she tells Mrs. Bruce she has to go to Boston on business. She stays there for a mont... | [
"My young mistress, Miss Emily Flint, did not return any answer to my letter\nrequesting her to consent to my being sold. But after a while, I received a\nreply, which purported to be written by her younger brother. In order\nrightly to enjoy the contents of this letter, the reader must bear in mind\nthat the Flint... |
3,479 | 11030_chapter_35 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda and Mrs. Bruce go off on vacation, and Linda experiences plenty of ugly prejudice, even though she's working as a nurse for Mrs. Bruce's child. Like: The waiters won't give her tea when she's eating with Mrs. Bruce. She's not allowed to sit in a chair and hold the child on her lap, but has to place the child in t... | [
"It was a relief to my mind to see preparations for leaving the city. We went to Albany in the steamboat Knickerbocker. When the gong sounded for tea, Mrs. Bruce said, \"Linda, it is late, and you and baby had better come to the table with me.\" I replied, \"I know it is time baby had her supper, but I had rather n... |
3,480 | 11030_chapter_36 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ellen finds out that Mrs. Hobbs's brother, Mr. Thorpe, has told Dr. Flint where Linda is living. Linda finally tells Mrs. Bruce that she is a fugitive slave, and that Dr. Flint will be coming after her. Mrs. Bruce contacts her lawyer, who arranges to take Linda, Ellen, and William to Boston. Ellen is only allowed to go... | [
"After we returned to New York, I took the earliest opportunity to go and\nsee Ellen. I asked to have her called down stairs; for I supposed Mrs.\nHobbs's southern brother might still be there, and I was desirous to avoid\nseeing him, if possible. But Mrs. Hobbs came to the kitchen, and insisted\non my going up sta... |
3,481 | 11030_chapter_37 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mrs. Bruce dies. This is really sad for Linda, and a little nerve-wracking for us. What's Linda going to do now? Luckily, Mr. Bruce keeps her on as a nurse for little Mary. They all travel to England, so Mary can be with her relatives. Linda notices that the English poor are oppressed, but they're still better off than... | [
"In the spring, sad news came to me. Mrs. Bruce was dead. Never again, in\nthis world, should I see her gentle face, or hear her sympathizing voice. I\nhad lost an excellent friend, and little Mary had lost a tender mother. Mr.\nBruce wished the child to visit some of her mother's relatives in England,\n and h... |
3,482 | 11030_chapter_38 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Dr. Flint's recently married daughter writes Linda, asking her to come back to the South. Or, if Linda would rather, she can buy herself. As long as she just comes back. Linda doesn't respond because she's not stupid enough to fall for that trick, and even if she could buy herself free, it's totally ridiculous that she... | [
"We had a tedious winter passage, and from the distance spectres seemed to\nrise up on the shores of the United States. It is a sad feeling to be\nafraid of one's native country. We arrived in New York safely, and I\nhastened to Boston to look after my children. I found Ellen well, and\nimproving at her school; but... |
3,483 | 11030_chapter_39 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | One day, Linda tries to tell Ellen who her father is. Actually, Ellen already knows all about it. Mr. Sands's white daughter Fanny had a nurse who told her years ago. William sends Ellen off to a boarding school in a New York village. Linda lives with Isaac and Amy Post, Quaker abolitionists, for a year. She treasures ... | [
"For two years my daughter and I supported ourselves comfortably in Boston.\nAt the end of that time, my brother William offered to send Ellen to a\nboarding school. It required a great effort for me to consent to part with\nher, for I had few near ties, and it was her presence that made my two\nlittle rooms seem h... |
3,484 | 11030_chapter_40 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | William decides to move to California, taking Benny with him. Ellen is doing well at school, and people even try to help her out when they learn that her mother is a fugitive slave. Before he leaves, they discuss the brutal Fugitive Slave Law, which makes it illegal for northerners to help runaway slaves. Mr. Bruce re-... | [
"My brother, being disappointed in his project, concluded to go to\nCalifornia; and it was agreed that Benjamin should go with him. Ellen liked\nher school, and was a great favorite there. They did not know her history,\nand she did not tell it, because she had no desire to make capital out of\ntheir sympathy. But ... |
3,485 | 11030_chapter_41 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Finally, Dr. Flint has died. Free at last! Not so fast. His daughter and her husband arrive in New York. They're short on money and think this would be a perfect time to get some value out of Linda. Not to mention her kids, whom they claim they still own. After an extended game of hide-and-seek, Mrs. Bruce finally mana... | [
"Mrs. Bruce, and every member of her family, were exceedingly kind to me. I\nwas thankful for the blessings of my lot, yet I could not always wear a\ncheerful countenance. I was doing harm to no one; on the contrary, I was\ndoing all the good I could in my small way; yet I could never go out to\nbreathe God's free ... |
3,445 | 11030_chapter_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As the narrative opens, Linda Brent recounts the "unusually fortunate circumstances" of her early childhood before she realized she was a slave. Linda's father is a carpenter who -- because of his extraordinary skills -- is granted many of the privileges of a free man. The chapter introduces Linda's mother, her brother... | [
"I was born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away. My father was a carpenter, and considered so intelligent and skilful in his trade, that, when buildings out of the common line were to be erected, he was sent for from long distances, to be head workman. On condition of payi... |
3,446 | 11030_chapter_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Dr. Flint, a neighborhood physician, had married the sister of Linda Brent's mistress, and Linda is now the property of their young daughter. The family also purchased her brother, William. The chapter opens with an incident concerning William, who is severely reprimanded by his father for answering to his mistress ins... | [
"Dr. Flint, a physician in the neighborhood, had married the sister of my\nmistress, and I was now the property of their little daughter. It was not\nwithout murmuring that I prepared for my new home; and what added to my\nunhappiness, was the fact that my brother William was purchased by the same\nfamily. My fathe... |
3,486 | 11030_chapters_3-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda compares the slaves' New Year's Day with the New Year's festivities enjoyed by whites. She notes that, for slaves, January 1 was hiring day. Thus, slaves were expected to leave their families behind and leave the plantation with their new masters on January 2. To illustrate the anguish this day brings to her peop... | [
"Dr. Flint owned a fine residence in town, several farms, and about fifty\nslaves, besides hiring a number by the year.",
"Hiring-day at the south takes place on the 1st of January. On the 2d, the\nslaves are expected to go to their new masters. On a farm, they work until\nthe corn and cotton are laid. They then ... |
3,487 | 11030_chapters_5-6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Chapters 5 and 6, Linda, age 15, describes the daily torments she must endure in the Flint household. Pursued by the lecherous Dr. Flint, age 55, she invokes the jealous rage of Mrs. Flint who, instead of trying to protect Linda, sees her as responsible for arousing her husband's lust. To illustrate that her plight ... | [
"During the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was\naccustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress. Though this seemed to me no more than right, I was grateful for it, and\ntried to merit the kindness by the faithful discharge of my duties. But I\nnow entered on my fifteenth y... |
3,451 | 11030_chapter_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda falls in love with a free black man who wants to marry her and offers to buy her, but Dr. Flint refuses to sell her. Fearing for her lover's life, Linda begs him to go to the Free States. Left alone, she is grateful for the company of her grandmother and her brother, William. | [
"Why does the slave ever love? Why allow the tendrils of the heart to twine\naround objects which may at any moment be wrenched away by the hand of\nviolence? When separations come by the hand of death, the pious soul can\nbow in resignation, and say, \"Not my will, but thine be done, O Lord!\" But\nwhen the ruthle... |
3,488 | 11030_chapters_8-9 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Chapters 8 and 9, Linda digresses from her personal narrative to address some broader issues concerning the conditions of slaves and the institution of slavery. In these two chapters, she focuses on the reasons that many slaves didn't defy the slaveholders or attempt escape. In Chapter 8, Linda discusses the lies an... | [
"Slaveholders pride themselves upon being honorable men; but if you were to\nhear the enormous lies they tell their slaves, you would have small respect\nfor their veracity. I have spoken plain English. Pardon me. I cannot use a\nmilder term. When they visit the north, and return home, they tell their\nslaves of th... |
3,489 | 11030_chapters_10-11 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Chapter 10, Linda resumes her story from Chapter 7 about her relationship with the free black carpenter. Having refused the man's offer to buy Linda's freedom, Dr. Flint adopts a new tactic to try to win Linda's submission: He offers to build her a house and make her "a lady." In desperation, Linda decides to enter ... | [
"After my lover went away, Dr. Flint contrived a new plan. He seemed to have\nan idea that my fear of my mistress was his greatest obstacle. In the\nblandest tones, he told me that he was going to build a small house for me,\n in a secluded place, four miles away from the town. I shuddered; but I was\n ... |
3,490 | 11030_chapters_12-13 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda describes the aftermath of the Nat Turner rebellion and denounces the moral conflict between the doctrine of the Christian church, which teaches love and brotherhood, and the brutal and amoral behavior of men and women who profess to be Christians. | [
"Not far from this time Nat Turner's insurrection broke out; and the news\nthrew our town into great commotion. Strange that they should be alarmed,\nwhen their slaves were so \"contented and happy\"! But so it was.",
"It was always the custom to have a muster every year. On that occasion\nevery white man shoulde... |
3,491 | 11030_chapters_14-16 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda bears another child, a daughter, and despite Dr. Flint's protests, both children are baptized. She names her son Benjamin, after her favorite uncle, and her daughter Ellen, after her father's mistress. With two children to care for, Linda's life is even more challenging, because Dr. Flint begins to use her childr... | [
"I had not returned to my master's house since the birth of my child. The\nold man raved to have me thus removed from his immediate power; but his\nwife vowed, by all that was good and great, she would kill me if I came\nback; and he did not doubt her word. Sometimes he would stay away for a\nseason. Then he would ... |
3,492 | 11030_chapters_17-20 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda escapes from Mr. Flint's plantation and heads for her grandmother's house, where she persuades Sally, "a faithful friend," to help her reach the home of another friend, who hides her in a closet. After hiding at her friend's home for a week, Linda's pursuers come into close vicinity. She flees, terrified of being... | [
"Mr. Flint was hard pushed for house servants, and rather than lose me he had restrained his malice. I did my work faithfully, though not, of course, with a willing mind. They were evidently afraid I should leave them. Mr. Flint wished that I should sleep in the great house instead of the servants' quarters. His wi... |
3,465 | 11030_chapter_21 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda hides out in her grandmother's garret , a dark, cramped crawl space infested with rats, mice, and "little red insects." Able to see her children through a small opening in the wood but unable to communicate with them, she spends several miserable months suffering a myriad of ills, including fever and frostbite. M... | [
"A small shed had been added to my grandmother's house years ago. Some\nboards were laid across the joists at the top, and between these boards and\nthe roof was a very small garret, never occupied by any thing but rats and\nmice. It was a pent roof, covered with nothing but shingles, according to\nthe southern cus... |
3,466 | 11030_chapter_22 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda describes the rituals and festivities surrounding Christmas, focusing on the Johnkannaus dancers. She discusses her grandmother's two "special" guests -- the town constable and the "free colored man" who tries to pass for white -- who are invited specifically to convince them that Linda is nowhere near her grandm... | [
"Christmas was approaching. Grandmother brought me materials, and I busied\nmyself making some new garments and little playthings for my children. Were\nit not that hiring day is near at hand, and many families are fearfully\nlooking forward to the probability of separation in a few days, Christmas\nmight be a happ... |
3,493 | 11030_chapters_23-25 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda continues to hide in the garret, but when she learns that Mr. Sands has been elected to Congress and will leave for Washington shortly, she risks revealing her hiding place to beg him to free her children before he leaves. He agrees to do what he can. After Mr. Sands leaves, Linda writes numerous letters to Dr. F... | [
"When spring returned, and I took in the little patch of green the aperture\ncommanded, I asked myself how many more summers and winters I must be\ncondemned to spend thus. I longed to draw in a plentiful draught of fresh\nair, to stretch my cramped limbs, to have room to stand erect, to feel the\nearth under my fe... |
3,494 | 11030_chapter_26-29 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda receives several letters from her brother, William, who has gone to Washington with his master, Mr. Sands. Suddenly, the letters stop, and Linda learns that William has escaped. Initially, she fears for her children, thinking that Mr. Sands might decide to sell them to make up for his loss. But Mr. Sands -- who f... | [
"I missed the company and kind attentions of my brother William, who had\ngone to Washington with his master, Mr. Sands. We received several letters\nfrom him, written without any allusion to me, but expressed in such a\nmanner that I knew he did not forget me. I disguised my hand, and wrote to\nhim in the same man... |
3,474 | 11030_chapter_30 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | With the help of Peter and Phillip, Linda and Fanny are smuggled aboard a ship headed for Philadelphia. Although the ship's captain treats the women with kindness and respect, Linda is afraid to trust him, fearful that at any moment he might betray them and turn them in for a reward. Even though they are free, both wom... | [
"I never could tell how we reached the wharf. My brain was all of a whirl, and my limbs tottered under me. At an appointed place we met my uncle Phillip, who had started before us on a different route, that he might reach the wharf first, and give us timely warning if there was any danger. A row-boat was in readine... |
3,475 | 11030_chapter_31 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Upon arriving in Philadelphia, the ship's captain introduces Fanny and Linda to Rev. Jeremiah Durham, a kind man who invites Linda to stay with him and his wife, and finds a place for Fanny with one of his friends. After Linda spends five days with Rev. and Mrs. Durham, who treat her like family, she and Fanny continue... | [
"I had heard that the poor slave had many friends at the north. I trusted we\nshould find some of them. Meantime, we would take it for granted that all\nwere friends, till they proved to the contrary. I sought out the kind\ncaptain, thanked him for his attentions, and told him I should never cease\nto be grateful f... |
3,476 | 11030_chapter_32 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda reunites with her daughter Ellen, who has been living and working in New York with Mrs. Hobbs, a cousin of Mr. Sands. Overjoyed at seeing her daughter, Linda is dismayed to discover that Ellen has been neglected. Despite Mr. Sands' promise that Ellen would be sent to school, Linda finds that Ellen has not been gi... | [
"When we arrived in New York, I was half crazed by the crowd of coachmen\ncalling out, \"Carriage, ma'am?\" We bargained with one to take us to\nSullivan Street for twelve shillings. A burly Irishman stepped up and said,\n\"I'll tak' ye for sax shillings.\" The reduction of half the price was an\nobject to us, and ... |
3,477 | 11030_chapter_33 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda searches for work, but finds job hunting difficult, because potential employers require recommendations that she, as a fugitive, is unable to provide. Finally she meets Mrs. Bruce, a kindly English woman, who hires her as a nurse for her baby, Mary. Mrs. Bruce is a "true and sympathizing friend" to Linda. When Li... | [
"My greatest anxiety now was to obtain employment. My health was greatly\nimproved, though my limbs continued to trouble me with swelling whenever I\nwalked much. The greatest difficulty in my way was, that those who employed\nstrangers required a recommendation; and in my peculiar position, I could,\n of ... |
3,478 | 11030_chapter_34 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda receives a letter urging her to come "home," purportedly written by Emily Flint's brother. She recognizes the letter as being from Dr. Flint. She does not respond, and soon thereafter receives another letter from a friend, informing her of Dr. Flint's plans to visit the North. Determined to avoid him, Linda tells... | [
"My young mistress, Miss Emily Flint, did not return any answer to my letter\nrequesting her to consent to my being sold. But after a while, I received a\nreply, which purported to be written by her younger brother. In order\nrightly to enjoy the contents of this letter, the reader must bear in mind\nthat the Flint... |
3,479 | 11030_chapter_35 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda, as Mary's nurse, goes to Albany with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce aboard a steamboat. While on board, she is insulted by a black waiter who refuses to serve her. Upon returning to New York, Linda goes to Brooklyn to visit Ellen, whom she meets on her way to the grocery store. Ellen warns her not to go to Mrs. Hobbs' house... | [
"It was a relief to my mind to see preparations for leaving the city. We went to Albany in the steamboat Knickerbocker. When the gong sounded for tea, Mrs. Bruce said, \"Linda, it is late, and you and baby had better come to the table with me.\" I replied, \"I know it is time baby had her supper, but I had rather n... |
3,480 | 11030_chapter_36 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | During a visit with Ellen, Linda learns that Mrs. Hobbs' brother, Mr. Thorpe, has written a letter to Dr. Flint, informing him of Linda's whereabouts and offering to help him regain his "property." Upon returning home, Linda tells Mrs. Bruce about her predicament and confesses that she is a fugitive slave. Mrs. Bruce i... | [
"After we returned to New York, I took the earliest opportunity to go and\nsee Ellen. I asked to have her called down stairs; for I supposed Mrs.\nHobbs's southern brother might still be there, and I was desirous to avoid\nseeing him, if possible. But Mrs. Hobbs came to the kitchen, and insisted\non my going up sta... |
3,481 | 11030_chapter_37 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda is saddened to learn that Mrs. Bruce has died. When Mr. Bruce asks her to accompany him to England as Mary's nurse so that his daughter can visit her mother's relatives, she accepts. After arranging for her children's care, Linda goes to New York to meet Mr. Bruce and Mary, and they begin their voyage to England.... | [
"In the spring, sad news came to me. Mrs. Bruce was dead. Never again, in\nthis world, should I see her gentle face, or hear her sympathizing voice. I\nhad lost an excellent friend, and little Mary had lost a tender mother. Mr.\nBruce wished the child to visit some of her mother's relatives in England,\n and h... |
3,482 | 11030_chapter_38 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Upon returning home to Boston, Linda learns that Ben has left on a whaling voyage to escape the abuse of his fellow apprentices, who have discovered that he is "colored." Heartbroken, Linda chides herself for having left her children alone for so long, but reminds herself that it was for the best. Soon after her return... | [
"We had a tedious winter passage, and from the distance spectres seemed to\nrise up on the shores of the United States. It is a sad feeling to be\nafraid of one's native country. We arrived in New York safely, and I\nhastened to Boston to look after my children. I found Ellen well, and\nimproving at her school; but... |
3,483 | 11030_chapter_39 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda has lived in Boston for two years, and her brother, William, offers to send Ellen to boarding school. Although she is reluctant to part with her daughter, Linda eventually agrees that this would be in her daughter's best interest. The night before Ellen is scheduled to leave, Linda tells her the truth about her f... | [
"For two years my daughter and I supported ourselves comfortably in Boston.\nAt the end of that time, my brother William offered to send Ellen to a\nboarding school. It required a great effort for me to consent to part with\nher, for I had few near ties, and it was her presence that made my two\nlittle rooms seem h... |
3,484 | 11030_chapter_40 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Disappointed by the failure of his business venture, William moves to California, taking Ben with him. Ellen continues to do well in school and when her teachers discover that she is the daughter of a fugitive slave, they do their best to protect her. Alone and unemployed once more, Linda returns to New York and decide... | [
"My brother, being disappointed in his project, concluded to go to\nCalifornia; and it was agreed that Benjamin should go with him. Ellen liked\nher school, and was a great favorite there. They did not know her history,\nand she did not tell it, because she had no desire to make capital out of\ntheir sympathy. But ... |
3,485 | 11030_chapter_41 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Linda receives several letters from her grandmother, one of which informs her that Dr. Flint is dead. Although somewhat relieved at the news, Linda realizes that she is still in danger from Dr. Flint's family. Shortly thereafter, Linda happens across a newspaper article announcing the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Dodge. Fea... | [
"Mrs. Bruce, and every member of her family, were exceedingly kind to me. I\nwas thankful for the blessings of my lot, yet I could not always wear a\ncheerful countenance. I was doing harm to no one; on the contrary, I was\ndoing all the good I could in my small way; yet I could never go out to\nbreathe God's free ... |
3,495 | 2252_act_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Induction: Rumor, personified, enters and addresses the audience. He speaks of his own nature, and his power to infect men in all parts of the world. He recounts the climax of 1 Henry IV, in which young Prince Hal defeated Harry Hotspur and the forces of King Henry IV defeated the rebels in the fields near Shrewsbury. ... | [
"Actus primus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Leonato Gouernour of Messina, Innogen his wife, Hero his\ndaughter,\nand Beatrice his Neece, with a messenger.",
"Leonato. I learne in this Letter, that Don Peter of Arragon,\ncomes this night to Messina",
"Mess. He is very neere by this: he was not\nthree Leagues off when I l... |
3,496 | 2252_act_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hostess Quickly and Fang, a London officer, prepare to confront Falstaff. Falstaff owes Hostess Quickly a considerable sum of money. He has also promised to marry the Hostess, and has never made good on his word. Falstaff enters with Bardolph and a page. Fang tries to arrest Falstaff, and a verbal bout ensues. Amidst t... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Leonato, his brother, his wife, Hero his daughter, and\nBeatrice his\nneece, and a kinsman.",
"Leonato. Was not Count Iohn here at supper?\n Brother. I saw him not",
"Beatrice. How tartly that Gentleman lookes, I neuer\ncan see him, but I am heart-burn'd an howre after",
... |
3,497 | 2252_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | King Henry sends a page to summon the Earls of Warwick and Surrey; before they come, they are to read documents carefully and consider the information found there. The king addresses Sleep, personified, bemoaning that it comes to the poor but not to the great. Surrey Warwick, and Sir John Blunt enter. The monarch speak... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scene 1.",
"Enter Hero and two Gentlemen, Margaret, and Vrsula.",
"Hero. Good Margaret runne thee to the parlour,\nThere shalt thou finde my Cosin Beatrice,\nProposing with the Prince and Claudio,\nWhisper her eare, and tell her I and Vrsula,\nWalke in the Orchard, and our whole discourse\nIs al... |
3,498 | 2252_act_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Gaultree Forest, the Archbishop of York, Hastings, and Mowbray wait with their officers. The Archbishop shares the bad news: Northumberland has sent word that he will not join them. The men remain committed to their cause, and their forces are about to clash with the army of the king. An envoy approaches: it is West... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scene 1.",
"Enter Prince, Bastard, Leonato, Frier, Claudio, Benedicke, Hero,\nand\nBeatrice.",
"Leonato. Come Frier Francis, be briefe, onely to the\nplaine forme of marriage, and you shal recount their particular\nduties afterwards",
"Fran. You come hither, my Lord, to marry this Lady",
"Cl... |
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