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From the perspective of the Caribbean plantation owner, the 1700s were the golden age. They were kings of their manor. They ruled omnipotently over their slave subjects as, “men who raised themselves from poverty to affluence and who reclined in the lap of luxury, in tropical ease.” There were no rules governing how they treated their slaves, so planters had free reign to instill the respect of their authority through fear of punishment.
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