Back to book
Continued Persecutions
A stranger offers Dr. Flint a substantial price to buy Jacobs on her lover's behalf; his refusal, despite the money, reveals that what he wants is power over her rather than payment, and he threatens to send her to his son's plantation.
A stranger's offer to purchase JacobsDr. Flint's refusal despite the pricePower, not profit, as his real motiveThreat of being sent to the plantation