The law in the Old South did not recognize the legality of slave marriages, mainly because:
a. most slaves were illiterate and did not bother with legalizing their marriage
b. southern state laws applied only to whites, not to blacks
c. then slaveowners would face problems breaking up families
d. the Constitution forbids slave marriages
C
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