Answer:
to keep them as helpless as possible
Explanation:
Number of slaves in each plantation always outnumbered the number of owners.Therefore the plantation owners understood that slaves could always revolt anytime and endanger their life.To handle that owners would punish slaves to break their spirit and bury fear in them before they could even think about revolting
Answer : No Cruel and Unusual punishment
Explanation : say you stole a candy bar and the store calls the cops on you and the judge and the jury find you guilty, they cant exactly sentence you to 10 years of jail for only stealing a candy bar , the punishment must fit the crime.
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