What social virtues are possible in a society of which injustice is a primary characteristic,--in a society which is divided into two classes, masters and slaves?
Every married woman at the South looks upon her husband as unfaithful, and regards every negro woman as a rival.
Isabella had been with her new mistress but a short time when she was ordered to cut off her long and beautiful hair.

The negro is naturally fond of dress and outward display.

He who has short woolly hair combs and oils it to death; he who has long hair would sooner have his teeth drawn than to part with it.

But, however painful it was to Isabella, she was soon seen with her hair cut short, and the sleeves of her dress altered to fit tight to her arms.

Even with her hair short and with her ill-looking dress, Isabella was still handsome.