Bennet Barrow's Advice to Slaveowners on Slave Discipline (Based on Rules

question 90

Multiple Choice

Bennet Barrow's advice to slaveowners on slave discipline (based on rules for slaves at his Highland Plantation in Louisiana) included all of the following EXCEPT:

• A) Allow slaves to grow some of their own food to cut down on costs.
• B) Prohibit any slave to marry someone from another plantation.
• C) Make a slave as comfortable as possible at home.
• D) Consider all of a slave's time to belong to the master.
• E) Never allow a man, meaning a white man, to talk to one of your slaves.

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