AP African American Studies / Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance
2.7 Slavery and American Law: Slave Codes and Landmark Cases
Notes
Slave codes defined enslaved people as property and made slavery hereditary (Virginia, 1662: status followed the mother). The Fugitive Slave Acts and Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) strengthened slavery.
Practice
Virginia's 1662 law said a child's status followed:
Partus sequitur ventrem.
Dred Scott v. Sandford ruled that:
1857.
Slave codes:
Control.
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