d. Despite its harsh features, the legal system of white servitude was, from the beginning, sharply distinguished from the legal system of black servitude.

a. The court ruled in favor of Johnson.
b. The court ruled that free blacks had no recourse to the legal system.
c. The court ruled that free blacks could sue other blacks, but not whites.
d. The court ruled that free blacks could not own slaves.


a. The court ruled in favor of Johnson.

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