Horses and men, cattle and women, pigs and children-- all holding the same rank in the scale of social existence, and all subjected to the same narrow inspection, to ascertain their value in gold and silver--the only standard of worth applied by slaveholders to their slaves.
From his autobiography, Douglass recounts the appraisal of slaves, highlighting how they were reduced to property valued only by monetary worth.
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