The correct answer is C. They viewed slaves as property that could simply be replaced.
Explanation:
In history, slavery was common in America from the XVI century until the XIX and included the use of slaves with different purposes in North, Central and South America. In the case of North America, slaves were widely used in plantations as a workforce which meant plantation owners depended on slaves to get profit. However, during this time and especially for plantation owners slaves were just a mean to get money but they were not considered people but objects or property and because of this ,slaves were not guaranteed good working or living condition as the plantation owner did not care about their welfare or whether they got sick or died as they were not people but entities that provide money and could be replaces. Therefore the reason slaves' deaths rarely bother plantation owners was that they viewed slaves as property that could simply be replace
