When the Virginia House of Burgesses decreed that religious conversion did not release a slave from bondage:
a. it meant that, under Virginia law, Christians could own other Christians.
b. Governor William Berkeley vetoed the measure, which led to Bacon's Rebellion.
c. mass protests followed.
d. every other colonial assembly followed suit.
Answer: a. it meant that, under Virginia law, Christians could own other Christians.
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