Why did plantation owners of Saint Domingue use cruel and ruthless methods of treatment toward enslaved persons?

Since they were so overly worked they really needed to indimidate them to keep they working they were also the largest slavery area in the world at the time so they did very cruel things to keep them in check

Explanation:

please add brainliest!

the answer is "d"

(context) if you were to travel to the middle east and go into peoples homes there would be like 4 generations in there

(more context) i'm pretty sure in the middle east they take loyalty and family bonds very serious

(last bit of context) i'm also positive that extended families are most commonly found in urban areas