Slave codes were laws passed by southern states to increase an owner's control over enslaved African Americans' behavior. All of the following applied under the codes EXCEPT:

Question

(1 point)
A. They were forbidden to gather in groups of more than three.
B. They needed a written pass to leave their owner's land.
C. They were not allowed to learn how to write, but could learn to read.
D. They were not allowed to own guns

Answer 1

C. They were not allowed to learn how to write, but could learn to read.