The Plantation Elite Designed and Enacted an Elaborate System of Laws

question 40

Multiple Choice

The plantation elite designed and enacted an elaborate system of laws and customs that gave masters total legal power over slaves. In these laws, slaves were defined as ______.

• A) laborers
• B) children
• C) chattel
• D) servants
• E) indentured

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