• Blog – What is Linda’s experience of the North? Is it what she had hoped for? Think particularly about the train ride.
In Chapter 30 both Linda and Fanny are smuggled onto a ship that is headed north, to Philadelphia. The ship arrives to port during the night so that captain suggests to them to wait until daybreak to leave the ship to avoid any suspicion. It took Linda some time to get use to things in a big city. “At daylight, I heard women carrying fresh fish, berries, radishes, and various other things.” (Pg. 204) Later, Linda experiences her first discrimination when she learns that blacks are not allowed to ride in the first class section of the trains. “They don’t allow colored people to go in the first-class cars.” (Pg. 205) This is not what Linda had hoped for; she thought that people of her race were allowed to do the same things as white people.
In New York Linda and Fanny separate and Linda found her daughter Ellen. However, Linda was upset to hear that her daughter still could not fully comprehend the letters she had written to her. Linda had expected Mrs. Hobbs to see that Ellen received an education. “When she was placed with Mrs. Hobbs, the agreement was that she would be sent to school.” (Pg. 209) There is however one bright moment for Linda when she is in Brooklyn. Linda reunites with her son William.
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This is a good blog. One aspect that I feel like you could have elaborated on was the fact that Linda's complete epectations were not met by the North. I did not really see where you talked about the disappointment that she felt when she found out that the north was not what she wanted, but like i said overall a good blog
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