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What is the most important point that the authors make in this paragraph?

Most enslaved people worked under fair to good conditions.
Enslaved workers had decent lives if they had fair overseers.
Plantations often were harsh because of the cruelty of those in charge.
Men with absolute power can lose the sense of what it means to be good.

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"Plantations often were harsh because of the cruelty of those in charge."

Reason: the paragraph centers on how the behavior and cruelty of overseers/owners created harsh conditions for the enslaved, even if some overseers were fair.