Question
Some enslaved people were able to gain their freedom because English law forbade what practice?
Christians enslaving Africans
Christians enslaving Christians
the Enslavement of pregnant women
the enslavement of children
Christians enslaving Africans
Christians enslaving Christians
the Enslavement of pregnant women
the enslavement of children
Answers
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Christians enslaving Christians.
English/Common law held that Christians could not legally be enslaved by other Christians, so conversion to Christianity sometimes provided a legal route to freedom.
English/Common law held that Christians could not legally be enslaved by other Christians, so conversion to Christianity sometimes provided a legal route to freedom.