... images of slavery were dominated by the first generation of colonial slaves- the worldly Atlantic Creole, the man of some African heritage and considerable exposure and familiarity of Western culture (Franklin 71). The intermediary role that creoles played in the translation of one culture to another is crucial to the growth of the African slave trade in the Chesapeake. The early ... "apparatus of coercion" to demoralize the workers. Slaves who worked in Chesapeake plantations experienced harder work regimens, more days, longer hours, and closer supervision than their Creole predecesso...

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