Why did many slave owners limit physical punishment for slaves?

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anonymous · Answer

to keep them working. but it all depended on the slave owner and what the slave did "wrong"

anonymous · Answer

heres my answer choices
A) They wanted to keep slaves from running away
B) Slaves often rebelled against owners who abused them.

anonymous · Answer

C) They did not want to mistreat their slaves.
D) Owners' religious teachings discouraged physical punishment.

anonymous · Answer

alright well its obviously not c, so were left with a b and d. what do you think?

anonymous · Answer

b?

anonymous · Answer

or a

anonymous · Answer

alright cool, if a slave were to rebel they would probably run away so i would go with a.

anonymous · Answer

this is from a 8th grade module exam in Florida Virtual School. right? haha.