In your opinion, when Douglas points out that slaves rarely speak negatively of their masters, do you think this is mainly out of fear due to the exemplification of Colonel Lloyd’s encounter with his slave or out of sheer ignorance?

Fear of punishment

Explanation:

It is witnessed by Douglas on two occasions how badly Colonel Lloyd treats his slaves. In the first incident, the Colonel hit two of his slaves for minute faults that occur in his stable, even for faults outside the control of the slaves. the second incident was when the Colonel hid his identity and asked one of his slaves about how the Colonel was treating him, when the slave responded that he was ill treated, he was sold.

a conclusion based on evidence is an example of a. inference