Slavery: Good or Bad? Slavery was good for slaves because their masters cared for them. If they were sick or hurt their masters helped them. Their masters made sure their slaves always had a sufficient amount of food, some place to live. Their masters gave them clothes to protect themselves from the weather. Like from a hot day in the sun or a rainy cold day. Their masters also protected them from people outside their …showed first 75 words of 7792 total…

…showed last 75 words of 7792 total…When his children grow up and assert their independence, he is apt to transfer his affection to his grandchildren. He ceases to love his wife when she becomes masculine or rebellious; but slaves are always dependent, never the rivals of their master. Hence, though men are often found at variance with wife or children, we never saw one who did not like his slaves, and rarely a slave who was not devoted to his master.