They were willing to work to get transportation, land, clothes, food, or shelter instead of money. Indentured servants get to be released when they have worked their part of the deal. They also had rights and were still free by law. However, because most of them died before completing their contractual duties due to diseases, overwork and under-nourishment they were an unreliable labour source.

On the contrary, a chattel slavery is a European concept. A chattel slave is a piece of property, with no rights. The children of chattel slaves were automatically enslaved. They only path to freedom was through purchasing themselves or when their owner allowed them to be. Unlike the white indentured labourers, slaves worked against their will and in exchange for working the only thing slaves got was shelter which was small and shared amongst others. Slaves had no form of freedom or rights as they were owned by their masters. Those who were captured during were or imprisoned were sold by African kings. 

Evidently, bonded white labour was not equivalent to chattel slavery as they both contradict each other in terms of ownership, payment regarding work and acquisition.

Caribbean chattel slavery differed from traditional West African slavery. As previously stated, a chattel slave was a piece of property but this was different in Africa. African slaves enslaved in order to pay off a debt or pay for some sought of criminal activity. They had some level of autonomy over the future of their offsprings as they might become part of their master’s family and even get freedom. This wasn’t the case for chattel slaves as their children automatically became a slave when they were born. "Some slaves became rich and powerful and even bought people for themselves. Others were put to economic use – sometimes working on their masters estates – but they did not form a distinct or class apart.” Suzane Miers  & Igor Kopytoff.

I think that skin colour played an essential role within Caribbean slave society. This is because during colonialism and slavery there existed a rigid closed system of social stratification (no social mobility) and the criteria determining one’s status was race, wealth and colour. It was based on ascribed status. The Africans were lower class and as such they were subordinate to white control who were upper class. The Europeans held hegemonic positions while the enslaved Africans occupied the lowest ranks.

Revisionism is a policy of modification. This can seen through the collection of rocks in particular Flint which is a hard stone which fractures easily. Because of its flaking ability, flint was used by the Amerindians to make tools. Some examples of stone tools with flint include arrowheads, the tips of spears, hand axes and knives. In most recent times the uses of flint have been modified to adjust to today’s society. Striped flint is used as a gemstone while Flint pebbles are used to grind glazes and other raw materials for the ceramics industry. Flint is also used to ignite fire and as a building stone today. This conveys that the Caribbean is indeed dynamic and can adapt to the advancements in society.