Why did plantation owners of Saint Domingue use cruel and ruthless methods of treatment toward enslaved persons? to push the enslaved to produce more crops
to render the enslaved powerless as to not revolt
to provoke fear in the enslaved to repay their cost
to harden the enslaved and ready them for auction

to render the enslaved powerless as to not revolt

Explanation:

im not 100% positive but im pretty sure

well that depends on how deep the hole is. you'd first go through te crust of the earth, then the upper mantle, then the lower mantle then the outer core, then the inner cor then you'd be stuck in the core to melt.