The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

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Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children got by any Englishman upon a Negro woman should be slave or free,be it therefore enacted and declared by this present Grand Assembly,that all children born in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother;and that if any Christian shall commit fornication with a Negro man or woman,he or she so offending shall pay double the fines imposed by the former act."
Virginia slave law,December 1662
-The British system of slavery was different from the Spanish and French systems because

• A) the British embraced the idea of numerous racial gradations.
• B) the British used strict racial categories.
• C) the Spanish and French did not legally sanction slavery.
• D) French and Spanish colonists relied exclusively on Native Americans as slaves.

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Chronological Context

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Social Context

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Physical Context

The tangible or environmental conditions in which an event occurs or an object exists.

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