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SS Slaves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Before 1640 were slaves legal? | No. |
| What did Massachusetts do in 1641? | They made slaves legal. |
| What did Connecticut do in 1660? | Connecticut didn't allow people of African descent to serve in the military. |
| What did Virginia do in 1670? | They made lifetime enslavement the "normal" condition for people of African descent. |
| What did Virginia do in 1680? | They declared the status of a child was determined by the status of the mother. If the mother was enslaved the child was too. |
| What did South Carolina do in 1696? | They required slave owners to provide clothing for enslaved people. Owners were also allowed to treat or punish enslaved people however they wanted. |