Quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe

So long as the law considers all these human beings, with beating hearts and living affections, only as so many things belonging to the master -- so long as the failure, or misfortune, or imprudence, or death of the kindest owner, may cause them any day to exchange a life of kind protection and indulgence for one of hopeless misery and toil -- so long it is impossible to make anything beautiful or desirable in the best-regulated administration of slavery.

So long as the law considers all these human beings, with be

Summary

This quote emphasizes the inherent cruelty and injustice of slavery. It argues that as long as the law views enslaved people as mere possessions of their masters, capable of being separated from loved ones and subjected to extreme hardships due to the owner's circumstances, it is impossible to justify or find any redeeming qualities in the supposed well-regulated administration of slavery. It highlights how the fundamental dehumanization of enslaved individuals prevents any possibility of beauty or desirability in this system.

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By Harriet Beecher Stowe

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