Conclusion to Incidents

Life in the North is not all Linda had hoped it to be.  She assumed that because it was a free state that she would be treated as such.  But, these expectations were wrong.  There were great prejudices against blacks, and she felt no more free than she did in the south.  She was also still burdened with nervousness because she had to constantly watch her back and run from place to place avoiding Mr. Flint visits to find her in New York. 

  Linda obtains her freedom after Mr. Flint finally dies and she is placed fully under the position of his daughter Emily.  After time Emily's husband buys her freedom from a man that Mr. bruce hires.  Emily is happy of this and only longs to see Linda again.  Linda has mixed emotions about her freedom because she does not believe that anyone should have their freedom bought, because no human belongs to anyone.  She believes that she does not rightly belong to one person in the first place and should not have to be bought in any means, even if it is buying her for her freedom.  Even thought Linda was against being purchased she did feel a sudden release of wight lifter from her shoulders when she finally become a free person.  She could walk without fear through the streets of her old southern town, and be freely with both of her children.