Which researcher argues that the slave system and its enforcement mechanisms prevented slave individualism from emerging within the system itself?

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Stanley Elkins argued in his book "Slavery: A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life" that the slave system and its enforcement mechanisms (such as physical brutality and the separation of families) prevented slave individualism from emerging within the system itself. Elkins argued that slaves were reduced to a childlike state and relied on their masters for all decision-making and direction, which made it difficult for them to assert their own identities or develop a sense of individualism.

Which Researcher Argues That the Slave System and Its Enforcement