Possession of the Children

In the book Incidents of the Life of a Slave Girl, Mr. Sands finally got possession of the children. At first the children were jailed for months until Mr. Flint even started to think about selling them. At first Mr. Flint was stuck on the idea of never going to or wanting to sell them but finally when  a slave trader came to him with an offer that he couldn't refuse. So Mr. Flint started to think about selling the children because there was always the possibility that the children could die before they were fifteen years old or even sooner. Thinking about this Mr. Flint thought he could make a very could profit out of them with them having the chance of dying soon so he finally sold the children. Before this ever even happened Mr. Sands had an agreement with the guy that bought them from Mr. Flint that he would sell them to him. Without this agreement Mr. Sands probably wouldn't have ever had the opportunity of getting the children because Mr. Flint wouldn't have allowed that to happen. The only reason Linda trusts Mr. Sands is because she has had a long relationship with him and as long as se has been friends with him he had promised to always help her if she was any need. This was the time of Linda's need so he helped her. I think it is a good idea for Mr. Sands to have the children because even though they are his slaves he will treat them with a lot more nicely than Mr. Flint did.