being a fugitive slave had no right to a trial and jury. Dr. Flints daughter was not long after married to a man by the name of Dodge and sent a letter to Linda to come home that they might welcome her with "open arms". Soon after Dr. Flint died, and so did her dear grandmother who she wished to go to and help as much as shed helped her, but she could not. Linda began reading the papers everyday to see the new people checked into town and look for her mistress, Mrs. Dodge, whom shed heard had been very low of funds and needed Linda simply to get some money. Sure enough she showed up, Linda ran with the baby she nursed to California to stay with her brother. Benny was learning a trade with her brother and Ellen was in boarding school. At last her dear friend Mrs. Bruce bought her for three-hundred dollars. The Dodges were so certain theyd never find her and so low on finances that they probably would have sold her for anything. At last Linda and her children were free. Never to become captured by the Fugitive Slave Law. Never to have to look over their shoulder for someone that might know them and turn them in. What a relief that must have been after living such a long life as a fugitive slave and poor slave mother. As you could see Ms. Linda Brent was a very strong woman whos love for her children and determination for them not to live the horrible slave life she had made her and her children free. Free to what though? Freedom just to say that they werent a piece of property. Freedom to build and live in their own home and raise a family without fear that any person might take that happiness away at any moment....
