Which of the Following Was the Result of a Virginia

question 108

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was the result of a Virginia law of 1662 in regard to slavery?

• A) It increased the access to freedom for blacks by specifying that a child's status of free or slave was determined by who his or her father was.
• B) It helped enable a rise in indentured servitude over slavery in Virginia, as most enslaved blacks had been wiped out by disease.
• C) It increased the scope of slavery overall by allowing white indentured servants who had no money to be enslaved for life.
• D) It encouraged the raping of enslaved women by white men by making the free or enslaved status of the offspring follow that of the mother.
• E) It decreased the influence of Catholicism in the colonies by allowing slaves who had been converted to the Anglican faith to be freed.

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