No so.  I have known in connection with my years as a prosecutor that  there 
are certain persons who choose not to live in society, but prefer life in  a 
correctional institution.  Let them out on probation and they commit  another 
crime to get back into the system with its three square meals a day and  
predictable daily structure.  It is dehumanizing for sure, but they are  comfortable 
with the routine that they know and understand versus life on the  outside.  
I suspect for some slaves, there was a similar mindset....better  to be taken 
care of my massa for a hard day's work in the field than have  to face the 
uncertainties of the cruel world.
 
Perhaps some of you in academia have some outside experience in such  matters.
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