This meant that even Christians could be enslaved permanently by other Christians. Other legal changes not only moved to make slavery racial but also hereditary. Under the English law, a child inherited the legal status of the father. The Virginia officials made an exception in 1660s that applied to the child of a slave woman from an Englishman, by declaring that the child would inherit the status of the mother. In 1705 Virginia’s planter dominated House of Burgess drew up a code of laws: about inherited and permanent bondage of African descent, a separate judicial and penal system for the slaves, and slave patrols which required participation from non-slaveholders to protect the property rights of the slaveholders. In 1669 the planters of Barbados expanded their operations into South Carolina after they got legal guarantees that they could import their model of black slavery. One of the scenarios the colonial leaders feared the most was discontent and cooperation among poor and bound labor. White servants and African slaves worked together and shared similar grievances toward their masters. Both groups
This meant that even Christians could be enslaved permanently by other Christians. Other legal changes not only moved to make slavery racial but also hereditary. Under the English law, a child inherited the legal status of the father. The Virginia officials made an exception in 1660s that applied to the child of a slave woman from an Englishman, by declaring that the child would inherit the status of the mother. In 1705 Virginia’s planter dominated House of Burgess drew up a code of laws: about inherited and permanent bondage of African descent, a separate judicial and penal system for the slaves, and slave patrols which required participation from non-slaveholders to protect the property rights of the slaveholders. In 1669 the planters of Barbados expanded their operations into South Carolina after they got legal guarantees that they could import their model of black slavery. One of the scenarios the colonial leaders feared the most was discontent and cooperation among poor and bound labor. White servants and African slaves worked together and shared similar grievances toward their masters. Both groups