In the North, by law slave owners could be much harsher in their treatment of their slaves. Instead of reaching the limit of treatment, the Northern masters went below the limit. They treated their slaves as low-class servants and respected them as human beings. In the South, their laws didn't allow them to treat their slaves harshly, but they didn't listen. Southern masters abused their authority and broke the law by treating their slaves in such poor conditions, but they got away with it. Southern masters classified their slaves under dogs. The novel proclaims, “The night was damp and close, and the thick air teemed with myriads of mosquitoes, which increased the torture of his wounds…” (“Stowe” 359). Southern slaves were so disrespected that they lived outside and mostly worked outside. On Uncle Tom's farm up north he had his cabin with his family. He didn't have to live with all the other slaves, crammed into a shack like in