Oroonoko

Throughout Oroonoko Behn constantly describes the Prince as an intelligent and very noble man, displaying a fervent belief in the natural superiority of the aristocracy. If she believed that one man could be display these qualities, its difficult to understand why she could tolerate the enslavement of other human beings. Therefore when she describes slavery as a cruel sentence worse than death, how does she reconcile that with her belief in the inherent noble qualities of a slave? It seems her regard for human life only applies to someone who she can consider a social equal.