Effects Of Slave Codes On African American Society

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It might sound cheesy, but I just happened to feel very sorry for African American slaves after I read about the slave codes. I think those people who made the slave codes were unrighteous. They made people suffer. The fact that they made it illegal to teach a slave to read or write was so un-human. Slaves were not allowed to own property of their own and they were not allowed to assemble without the presence of a white person. In the courts, a slave accused of any crime against a white person was doomed. Slave codes had ruinous effects on African American society even less that with each new rebellion, the slave codes became ever more strict. I thought indentured servants had worse lives than the slaves, but reading this, I don't think I can

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