USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On large plantations, the person who directed the daily work of the slaves was the overseer, usually a white man but occasionally an enslaved black man-a “driver"-promoted to the position by his master.

Detailed explanation-2: -The overseer on a plantation was the “middle man, ” whose responsibilities included the management of the enslaved laborers according to the master’s orders.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most obvious answer is the European colonial powers, who bought and transported an estimated 12 million Africans over four centuries.

Detailed explanation-4: -Slaves were punished for a number of reasons: working too slowly, breaking a law (for example, running away), leaving the plantation without permission, insubordination, impudence as defined by the owner or overseer, or for no reason, to underscore a threat or to assert the owner’s dominance and masculinity.