I'm *finally* getting around to listening to this story, which is a hoot.
Chalk me up as another person who loved it, and loved Wilson's narration of it. I did cringe at the treatment of the wife, particularly the mention of physical abuse from her husband, though it looks like she gave as good as she got. I'm almost ashamed to admit that I liked that she gave the devil a good hard fight before he took her. She was just as messed up and powered by the same greed as Tom.
And I echo the fact that the story made distinctions between the devil's skin not the same as African or Indian, and that not even Tom, evil as he was, would stoop to something as low as slavery. And it was very, very interesting how Tom turned to religion to try to keep the devil away, but used it to shore up his fear rather than allow it to change him into a nicer person. Using the Bible as magical tokens rather than allowing it to transform him was his undoing in the end. Well, that and he was a scumbag anyway.
Great story indeed!