By 1680, a Sharp Divergence in the Conditions of African

question 44

Multiple Choice

By 1680, a sharp divergence in the conditions of African and English people in the Chesapeake had emerged. What is an indication of English North America's transformation from a "society with slaves" to a "slave society"?

• A) Black slaves were listed by terms of service in registers of property.
• B) In unions between free and enslaved individuals, the status of the offspring followed that of the father.
• C) The only thing that could release a slave from bondage was religious conversion.
• D) The words "negro" and "slave" had become interchangeable.
• E) There was a distinctive mulatto, or mixed-race, class, which had more rights than full-black people, but less than whites.

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