From the early 1600’s to early 1800’s, Blacks and Women have had expectations, social and political, placed on their lives that have shaped them throughout history. Starting in the 1600’s, colonies such as Virginia and Maryland began to place laws and create customs that distinguished the Blacks from the whites. These laws would ban interracial marriages, sexual relations, deprive them of property, and prohibit them from bearing arms or traveling without permission. Laws such as these came with merciless punishments if broken. During the process of declaring where Blacks stood in the community, New England states began to create documents that shaped the reputations of Blacks throughout the nation. In December of 1662, a document was passed
