That the slave is a human being, no one can deny.

It is his lot to be exposed in common with other men, to the calamities of sickness, death, and the misfortunes incident to life.
But unlike other men, he is denied the consolation of struggling against external difficulties, such as destroy the life, liberty, and happiness of himself and family.

A slave may be bought and sold in the market like an ox.

He is liable to be sold off to a distant land from his family.

He is bound in chains hand and foot; and his sufferings are aggravated a hundred fold, by the terrible thought, that he is not allowed to struggle against misfortune, corporeal punishment, insults, and outrages committed upon himself and family; and he is not allowed to help himself, to resist or escape the blow, which he sees impending over him.
This idea of utter helplessness, in perpetual bondage, is the more distressing, as there is no period even with the remotest generation when it shall terminate..