Whether slaveholders were able to enslave Africans both physically and mentally.

"The Southern Slave owner was able to imprison both the mind and body of his slaves" Evaluate the following statement.
The white slave master wanted nothing more than to be most productive businessman he could. In order to accomplish this goal, the master needed slaves as a cheap and invaluable source of labor as a mean towards prosperity. This meant that they would do any and all the steps required to ensure that this continuous chain of free labor and immense wealth continued. Slave owners used both physical and psychological methods to try and control the lives of Africans. Although th…