How was slavery different in the caribbean colonies from that of the chespeake colonies?
Slavery in Chespeake was Chattel Slavery. This means that the person/slave is the property of another person. Chattel can be bought, sold, mutilated or killed under your own authority with no approval from outside. In the Caribbean there was a tendency to see slaves as people not just property. When purchased it often happened that a slave would have a price put on his freedom and be allowed to work on Saturdays to pay off the price. This might take years to accomplish but was a way out of bondage. Some people think the difference was Catholics thought slaves had souls. Protestants tended to think of Africans as soulless. You have asked a complicated question because the conditions of slavery varied so widely from situation to situation.