Slave drivers were the linchpins of plantation discipline, valued at twice ordinary slaves

Evidence

These slave drivers were, according to one planter, the “soul of the plantation.” Masters, managers, and overseers were extremely dependent on them. Drivers were consistently valued very highly on the slave market, and could be worth twice as much as a slave of similar age. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 137

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Slave drivers were worth double the market price of ordinary slaves; Sugar plantations organized slaves into disciplined work-gangs under drivers.; Sugar plantations organized slaves into rigidly stratified work-gangs laboring from dawn to dusk — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 165
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Slave drivers were worth double the market price of ordinary slaves; Sugar plantations organized slaves into disciplined work-gangs under drivers.; Sugar plantations organized slaves into rigidly stratified work-gangs laboring from dawn to dusk — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 165

Broader Connections

• Slave drivers were worth double the market price of ordinary slaves #corroborates (0.98)