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:

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They were forbidden to gather in groups of more than three.

They needed a written pass to leave their owner's land.

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

They were not allowed to own guns.

Answer 1

The statement that does not apply under the slave codes is:

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

Under slave codes, enslaved individuals were typically prohibited from learning to read and write altogether, as education was seen as a threat to slaveholding.