Plantation owners generally treated their slaves as
a. worthless beings to be brutally whipped and beaten.
b. valuable capital assets to be used to generate profits.
c. "children" within the master's family.
d. potentially dangerous rebels.
e. a skilled labor force to be trained and educated.
b
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