George, a character in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, is enslaved. He has invented something, and his master is curious about his invention. Read the excerpt and answer the question. What does the author reveal about enslaved people in this passage?

They are considered handsome and superior.

They are considered things, not people.

They are under the control of generous slaveholders.
[George] was a general favorite in the factory. Nevertheless, as this young man was in the eye of the law not a man, but a thing, all these superior qualifications were subject to the control of a … narrow-minded, tyrannical master.

–Uncle Tom's Cabin,
Chapter 2