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“Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children produced by any Englishman and a negro woman should be slave or free, be it therefore enacted and declared by this present grand assembly, that all children borne in this country shall be held bond, or free only according to the condition of the mother. And if any Christian shall commit fornication with a negro man or woman, he or she so offending shall pay double the fines imposed by the former act.”
-Source: Virginia slave law passed by the House of Burgesses in December 1662
The excerpt would be most useful to historians as evidence for which of the following?
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) the economic differences between the different regions of colonies in the seventeenth century
A
the economic differences between the different regions of colonies in the seventeenth century
(Choice B) the rise in the number of rebellions led by enslaved people in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
B
the rise in the number of rebellions led by enslaved people in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
(Choice C) the role that representative governments had in enforcing the Navigation Acts in the seventeenth century
C
the role that representative governments had in enforcing the Navigation Acts in the seventeenth century
(Choice D) the relationships between British colonists and enslaved Africans in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
D
the relationships between British colonists and enslaved Africans in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
-Source: Virginia slave law passed by the House of Burgesses in December 1662
The excerpt would be most useful to historians as evidence for which of the following?
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) the economic differences between the different regions of colonies in the seventeenth century
A
the economic differences between the different regions of colonies in the seventeenth century
(Choice B) the rise in the number of rebellions led by enslaved people in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
B
the rise in the number of rebellions led by enslaved people in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
(Choice C) the role that representative governments had in enforcing the Navigation Acts in the seventeenth century
C
the role that representative governments had in enforcing the Navigation Acts in the seventeenth century
(Choice D) the relationships between British colonists and enslaved Africans in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
D
the relationships between British colonists and enslaved Africans in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
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The excerpt from the Virginia slave law passed by the House of Burgesses in December 1662 would be most useful to historians as evidence for:
**(Choice D) the relationships between British colonists and enslaved Africans in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.**
This law delineates the legal status of children born to enslaved mothers and addresses the legal consequences for Christians who engaged in relationships with enslaved individuals, reflecting the social and racial dynamics of the time.
**(Choice D) the relationships between British colonists and enslaved Africans in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.**
This law delineates the legal status of children born to enslaved mothers and addresses the legal consequences for Christians who engaged in relationships with enslaved individuals, reflecting the social and racial dynamics of the time.
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