He had the power to compel me to give him the fruits of my labor, and this power was his only right in the case.

I became more and more dissatisfied with this state of things; and, in so becoming, I only gave proof of the same human nature which every reader of this chapter in my life--slaveholder, or nonslaveholder--is conscious of possessing.
To make a contented slave, you must make a thoughtless one.

It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate his power of reason.

He must be able to detect no inconsistencies in slavery.

The man that takes his earnings, must be able to convince him that he has a perfect right to do so.