Slave drivers were worth double the market price of ordinary slaves
Evidence
Just below the overseers and at the top of the slave hierarchy were drivers like Philipeau. 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
Category: Factual Claims
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