Sethe's murder of Beloved preserves their family relationships in a way that was impossible under conditions of slavery. Sethe says, "If I hadn't killed her she would have died and that's something I couldn't bear to happen to her." It creates a complex relationship between this “killing” and this “dying”. "Killing" Sethe allows Beloved to adopt various personality modes; she is a living child, a vengeful ghost "child", and, finally, the resurrected "Beloved". His multifaceted personality is directly mutually exclusive with the objectifying structures of slavery. Sethe's murder of her daughter allows for this complicated personhood, which extends beyond death: all aspects of Beloved occupy a place within Sethe's family. Ultimately, Beloved's death gives her access to personhood and family, rather than removing and objectifying her as a return to slavery would. Sethe says Beloved “was supposed to be safe and I put her where she would be.” Sethe's murder of Beloved is framed as a transplant, a movement from a dangerous world to a safer one. That safer world is also a world from which family is clearly accessible. Baby Suggs, a profoundly important family figure in both life and death, is present: “I bet Baby Suggs, on the other side, helped you.” The presence of Baby Suggs, who fills various familial roles herself, demonstrates that Beloved's life and death operate in a separate paradigm from a potential life and death while enslaved; after being murdered by Sethe, Beloved maintains a deep and complex personality and is able to fill multiple potential roles in Sethe's new world.