Professor of history Stuart Schwartz notes that even many of those clerics who protested the abuse of slaves had “a low regard for Africans ” and“ held that discipline, chastisement, and work were the only way to overcome the slaves ’ superstition, indolence, and lack of civility. ”
وبما انه كانت هنالك منافسة قوية بين اصحاب الاراضي والمزارع غالبا ما فرض مالكو العبيد في الملكيّات التابعة للكنيسة برنامج عمل قاسيا جدا .‏