s not allowed human rights. George goes on to criticize his master by saying that Im a better man than he is and Ive learned it all myself, and no thanks to him, --Ive learned it in spite of him; and now what right has he to make a dray-horse of me? (Stowe 15). Stowe uses George to reveal that blacks were able to have human emotions and human worth. The ideology of the time clearly demonstrates the belief in racial superiority in which intelligence prevails in whites. Whites therefore feel that it is their duty to help those not as fortunate as they. The paternalistic relationship that was established between whites and blacks can be described in that the supposedly more intelligent whites would take care of the supposedly less intelligent blacks. In return, the blacks offered their labor and their unswerving loyalty(Gosset 349). This relationship is depicted in the same way in which children are protected by and loyal to their parents. The paternalistic view supports Stowes argument that slave owners believed that they were superior to their slaves. Despite the poetic legend of a patriarchal institution it is impossible to make anything beautiful or desirable in the best-regulated administration of slavery(Stowe 8). Stowe states that there is, actually nothing to protect the slaves life, but the character of the master(438). In the unjust system of slavery, the only one that can protect the slave is the one that harms him the most, his master. The idea of racial superiority is also seen in the way that the slaves are compared to animals. Stowe demonstrates how slaves are thought to be sub-human and pet-like by comparing them to dogs. Early in the first chapter of the novel, the author introduces us to the racial ideology of Mr. Haley. He is talking about taking a child away from his or her mother when he says these critters ant like white folks, you know; they gets over things, only manage right(Stowe 5). Haley does ...
