Northup

I find it very interesting the Northup shows different levels of respect for his different masters. One would think that he would hate all of his masters because they are the ones keeping him in slavery but in reality he respects the ones that respect him. For example he respects one of his masters Ford and even runs away to him when things go badly under another master. I think it shows that at the time the more respect you would show one of your slaves the more respect and hard work you would get in return.