This section in "Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl" has been the most interesting and exciting section so far. Linda has just run away from Dr. Flint, and is now being concealed in an attic in the house of one of her grandmother's good friends. I was a bit surprised that Linda decided to run away, knowing how cruel her master was. She knew the things he had done out of anger and revenge before, and even though he had such control over Linda's children, whom could be harmed in an act of revenge, she still decided it was best to run away. As a result of her escape, Dr. Flint did indeed use her children, and put them in a jail, along with her aunt and brother. Before she leaves, Linda says that she "was about to risk everything on the throw of a die,"(Brent 97). This shows she did actually realize the possible consequences of her running away, but decided to take the risk. Something that Linda has kept bringing up was how she wished she'd rather have her children die than to go through a terrible life of slavery. I understand why she said this, but it to me was a very sad thought. When her daughter, Ellen, cried herself sick and was resting in Linda's arms, she says "I thought how well it would have been for her if she never waked up,"(89). This is just another of many examples why slavery was especially terrible for mothers, that they should even have to have such a thought.
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