t by a spider. Sethe is unable to walk, so Amydrags her to a lean-to, rubs her badly damaged feet, and fashions a pair ofmakeshift shoes from leaves and pieces of cloth. The next day Sethe is able to walkand while making her way to the river she goes into labor. The two women find anold canoe and just as Sethe steps in her water breaks. With Amys help, Sethegives birth to her fourth child, a baby girl. Amy asks Sethe to tell the baby thatAmy Denver of Boston had helped to bring her into the world. Sethe thought thatAmys last name was pretty and decided to remember her by naming her daughterDenver. Amy straps little Denver to Sethes chest and with a little help they make itto 124- Baby Suggs house. Although Sethe has escaped the physical bondage ofslavery, her fight for freedom is not yet over.Halle worked every Sunday for five years to buy his mothers freedom fromMr. Garner, the owner of Sweet Home. Mr. Garner arranged for Baby Suggstransportation across the river, a job for her when she got there, and a small houseto live in that belonged to a man named Mr. Bodwin. Mr. Garner and Mr. Bodwinhad been friends for years and Mr. Bodwin did not agree with the institution ofslavery. Baby Suggs opened her house and her heart to colored travelers in searchof their freedom. She taught them the importance of loving and respectingthemselves and each other. One day, Mr. Bodwin decided to pay a visit to 124. When Sethe saw him, she thought it was schoolteacher, and that he had come totake her and her children back to Sweet Home. In a panic, she took her childreninto the storeroom and attempted to kill them all. She would rather send herchildren to the other side(heaven), than to allow them to be taken back to SweetHome. She is only successful in ending one childs life, Denvers sister. She didso by cutting her throat. Once the confusion subsides and Sethe realizes what shehas done, she is overcome by guilt. Becaus...
