Does your chain hang low?

When Linda's grandmother wants Linda's newest child to be baptized, I found it interesting because Linda's grandmother is known as the "loyal do-good slave" and would never go against her master and mistress. Dr. Flint would most likely not allow the baptism of Linda's child, but her grandmother insisted that she get the baptism done. So, when Dr. Flint goes out of town, Linda and her grandmother go to church. Eventually, Linda's dad's mistress gives Linda's baby a gold chain. Although, the chain is most likely nice, fancy, and thoughtful, Linda does not like this because she is comparing the gold chain to the chains of slavery. Sure, I see the comparison, and understand where Linda is coming from but I also feel like she should be happy because a white person did something and gave something nice to a black person. It just seems that she should accept this gift with great honor, and should feel like a great step has been taken between the "barriers" of race. But I can also see that Linda hates slavery so much and does not like anything that reminds her of it, and she does not want anything related to slavery to be touching her children. She wants her children to be free, and with liberty.