He is a piece of property--a marketable commodity, in the language of the law, to be bought or sold at the will and caprice of the master who claims him to be his property; he is spoken of, thought of, and treated as property.
His own good, his conscience, his intellect, his affections, are all set aside by the master.

The will and the wishes of the master are the law of the slave.

He is as much a piece of property as a horse.

If he is fed, he is fed because he is property.

If he is clothed, it is with a view to the increase of his value as property.