Maybe you asked this on the wrong section, but anyways I'll help you.
Some plantation owners punished enslaved persons when they tried to escape, the enslaved people wanted to escape because they where treated so badly, so they wanted freedom. The "owners" of them didn't want that to happen so they punished them in a very bad way.
Answer:
alternatively
Explanation:
whenever means at any time or whatever occasion. consequently means as a result. alternatively is another option or possibility so as a compare and contrast alternatively is a way of saying these two are similar in these ways, now another option is how they are different.
The authors repeats the word tribe which places American Indian communities in a positive light and that is very important
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