C. they believed going to other colonies or England they could more easily escape any punishment
In the early 1800s, many poor mentally ill patients lived unfortunately in "prisons" since this was long before the days when mental health was a serious consideration for many.
Statement first is true in this regard because the Spanish had a caste system that included free Africans and former slaves. Cristopher Columbus established the “first Spanish colony” in America, in what now is Haiti and The Dominic Republic.
Since the beginning, Spanish used slavery from Indigenous people in the Americas and they also brought black Africans. Spanish had “Castas”, the equivalent of racial and social hierarchies. Spanish considered slaves inferior beings.
<span>a violent clash between proslavery and antislavery forces</span>