Mr. Sands

Mr. Sands hires a slave trader to purchase Linda’s children from Dr. Flint. Dr. Flint did not suspect any sort of shenanigans, but that “normal” slave trader was actually hired by Mr. Sands in the first place. Mr. Sands bought Linda’s children from that slave trader so they could be free. Unknowingly, Dr. Flint indirectly “frees” Linda’s children, when he was trying to do the opposite.
I really do like Mr. Sands. I believe that he is honest and trustworthy. He was even elected for Congress, which shows me that he was an honorable. But, Linda says in chapter 27, “Then I remembered, with a sigh, how slavery perverted all the natural feelings of the human heart.” Even though he is a kind man and is doing as much as he can to help Linda, he is still involved with slavery, and there isn’t a way to tell how much it has perverted his heart.