Read the excerpt from Uncle Tom’s Cabin below.

[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.

What does the author of this excerpt reveal about the living conditions of enslaved people?

a
Enslaved workers were treated better in factories than in the fields.
b
Enslaved people had a small amount of control over their lives.
c
Enslaved workers were considered to be property, not people.
d
Enslaved people often received favorable treatment