Asked by peter restivo on Jun 11, 2024
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According to laws in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake,
A) black men were not permitted to marry white women but black women could marry white men.
B) free blacks had the right to sue and testify in court.
C) free blacks were not permitted to serve in the militia unless they signed a loyalty oath.
D) the sale of any married slave was prohibited.
E) the children of enslaved women were free; the status of enslavement was not inherited.
Free Blacks
African Americans who were not enslaved and lived in the United States before the abolition of slavery.
Militia
A military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
- Absorb information on the changes in social and legal structures that promoted the organized practice of slavery, evaluating acts of legislation and resistance movements.
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Saurabh KumarJun 12, 2024
Final Answer :
B
Explanation :
According to laws in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake, free blacks had the right to sue and testify in court. Choice A is incorrect because interracial marriage was prohibited entirely. Choice C is partially correct as free blacks were prohibited from serving in the militia, but there is no mention of a loyalty oath. Choice D is incorrect as married slaves could be sold. Choice E is also incorrect as the children of enslaved women inherited their mother's status of enslavement, meaning they were also enslaved.
Learning Objectives
- Absorb information on the changes in social and legal structures that promoted the organized practice of slavery, evaluating acts of legislation and resistance movements.
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