In chapter 15, Dr. Flint visits Linda and brags about how much money he's going to make selling her children. Linda's friends try to free her by convincing a slave holder to buy her from Dr. Flint. As always, Dr. Flint refuses to sell her. He is enraged by her actions and takes it out on her son Benny by throwing him at a wall. Benny was passed out for such an extreme amount of time, that Linda thought he had died. When he finally wakes up, she isn't sure of either being happy to see him alive, or sad that this kind of action will continue any further. When Dr. Flint visits Linda again he tells her to make a decision; she was to choose whether to become his mistress, or work on his son's plantation. She decided to go work for his son. The corrupting power of slavery is shown in this chapter because Dr. Flint pressures Linda to choose between becoming his mistress or working on his son's plantation. It was pretty much a do or die situation since she will probably work until she dies, or she will die emotionally if she chose Dr. Flint.
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