"poganiacz niewolników" in English

[nie_fanka]

I haven't read any slave novels in English, so I'll appreciate if you tell me
what expression I may use for that.

NF

[eirinn]

Slave driver.

[i.nes]

The plantations were run by overseers.

<< In 1860 it was calculated that about 88 per cent of America's slave-owners
owned twenty slaves or less. However, large landowners would usually own well
over 100 slaves and relied heavily on overseers to run their plantations. These
overseers were under considerable pressure from the plantation owners to
maximize profits. They did this by bullying the slaves into increasing
productivity. The punishments used against slaves judged to be under-performing
included the use of the cart-whip. Not surprisingly the mortality-rate amongst
the slaves was high. Studies have shown that over a four-year period, up to 30
per cent of the slave population in America died.>>

[nie_fanka]

Thanks a lot, that's what I've been looking for.

NF