# Aunt Nancy — Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl character guide

> Aunt Nancy in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Linda Brent.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Nancy, aunt Nancy

**First appearance:** 0004-i-childhood

## Snapshot

Linda's aunt, enslaved nearby, whose quiet presence threads through the family's network of whispered news and small mercies.

## Who they are

Aunt Nancy lives under the same system that claims Linda, bound to a neighboring household yet tethered to her kin by loyalty and shared grief. Her circumstances keep her close enough to help and far enough to be powerless, a tension that shadows every family gathering. In the early and middle chapters she stands among the women whose endurance Linda measures herself against, part of the quiet web that holds the family together.

## In the story

### [The New Master and Mistress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/ii-the-new-master-and-mistress)

Linda's aunt, a slave in the Flint household who serves as housekeeper and waiting maid.

### [XIX: The Children Sold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xix-the-children-sold)

Aunt Nancy visits the children in jail, bids them goodbye, and later witnesses their return.

### [XXI: The Loophole of Retreat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxi-the-loophole-of-retreat)

Brings news from Dr. Flint's household, including his failed attempts to locate Linda in New York.

### [Competition in Cunning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxv-competition-in-cunning)

Helps by reporting conversations at Dr. Flint's house and expresses willingness to remain a slave for Linda's freedom.

### [XXVIII: Aunt Nancy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxviii-aunt-nancy)

Linda's great-aunt and mother's twin sister, whose health was destroyed by forced labor and sleep deprivation, yet who remained a steadfast supporter of Linda's resistance.

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