Note 40 — Chapter V · CONCLUSION.
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Other bad effects of slavery are mentioned by Ingram. The habit of absolute rule corrupts the masters. Slavery often engenders cruelty, or at least harshness. The slaves are demoralized, because their education is neglected and they do not live in normal family relations. Slavery moreover prevents “the development of the sense of human dignity, which lies at the foundation of morals”40.