The importance of slave codes was that they increased an owner’s control over enslaved African Americans’ behavior. Slave codes were laws that defined the status of enslaved people and the rights of their owners, establishing restrictions on every aspect of their behavior and movement.
What was the importance of slave codes?(1 point)
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They increased the personal freedoms of enslaved African Americans.
They increased an owner’s control over enslaved African Americans’ behavior.
They allowed for the education of enslaved African Americans.
They were established as a step toward legal freedoms for African Americans.
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