not believe that a black woman can care as much about her child as a white woman. Stowe interjects her criticism of this racial prejudice and goes on to point out that Haley and Mr. Shelby consider themselves humanitarians. In actuality, both could be nothing further than the truth. Stowe illustrates that some owners thought that there was a humane way of slavery. The reader is shown that it is irrational to think that enslavement of another human being is not justifiable at all. After he compares slaves to critters, he then compares them to pups. In the novel, he goes on to say that they is raised as easy as any kind of critters there is going; they ant a bit more trouble than pups(Stowe 125). The fact that they are compared to critters and pups illustrates the shallow and prejudice mentality of slave owners. It is cruel and inhumane that they can remotely consider black human beings to be animals.Mr. Haley is not the only one in the novel that treats the slaves as animals. Simon Legree refers to Uncle Tom as a dog, and he tells two other slaves to give this dog such a-breakin in as he wont get over this month(Stowe 356). The beatings reinforce to Legree the idea that he is superior to Tom, and he maintains control over his slaves. Simons mistreatment of Tom illustrates the cruelty of slavery and the way it is a merciless institution in which power and ownership over others is the ultimate goal. Slaves are stripped of their human characteristics and are referred to as objects. According to some, slaves are no more men than a dog and neither one deserve humane treatment. Legree takes the beating of his slaves to the extreme. He treats his slaves worse than any others portrayed in the novel. His cruel treatment surpasses that of any animals. Legree goes so far as to kill Tom because of his lack of obedience. Stowe takes this opportunity to depict slavery at its worst. She says what man has nerve to do, man has not nerve...
