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Mrs. Flint-is Linda's mistress and Dr. Flint's wife.

She is suspicious of a sexual relationship between Linda and Dr. Flint and in turn is vicious towards Linda.

Though she is a church woman, she is brutal and insensitive to her slaves.

She demonstrates how the slave system has corrupted the moral character of Southern women.

Mrs. Flint and Dr. Flint consistently fight over his treatment of Linda, in which he protects Linda from any form of corporal punishment that Mrs. Flint considered dispensing.

Mrs. Flint is ruled by her husband and is unable to break free of this constraint due to the lack of rights in women during the 19th century.