The slave codes established by Virginia lawmakers:
A) established the rules for conducting slave auctions in Virginia.
B) limited the number of slaves that could be owned at any one time.
C) required that slaves have written permission to leave plantations.
D) made it possible for African Americans to live as free persons.
E) required that slaves register to carry firearms.
C
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Starting in the late 1600s, why did the planter class increasingly rely on African slaves for labor rather than indentured servants?
A) the end of warfare between colonial rivals allowed the planter class to import them more easily from Africa B) the English Civil War disrupted the flow of indentured servants C) because of Bacon's Rebellion D) because of Glorious Revolution
Compare the themes of oppression and liberation in the national literatures of Africa and the Arabic states. What do you think the role of education plays in portraying the respective pictures of nationalism, access to political and civil rights, and individual prosperity?
What will be an ideal response?
The crews of __________ slavers generally preferred to sell their slaves in Barbados
A) Dutch B) Spanish C) French D) English
Which development led to a sharp rise in the number of slaves imported to a southern United States?
a. the cotton gin b. interchangeable parts c. steam-powered machinery d. the canal system