What is the best description of a research plan? A. steps that help you to persuade your audience about an issue B. steps that lay out how to research information on databases C. steps that lay out how you intend to conduct your research D. steps that help you to revise and edit your essay properly

The answer is "he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not temp him to turn slave-trader. satirical is a synonym for sarcastic. so when the author says that tom walker could not be tempted by the devil he does not literally mean "the devil" but he means that he is too morally upright to become a slave-trader.