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Slave codes were laws each US state had defining the status of slaves and the rights of masters; the code gave slave owners near-absolute power over the right of their human property. Slave codes were laws each US state had defining the status of slaves and the rights of masters; the code gave slave owners near-absolute power over the right of their human property.
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∙ 6y agoWhen during the 1800's? And where? Assuming you mean in the U.S., during the early 1800's they were treated like property and fell under such jurisdiction. After January 1rst, 1863, the slaves were technically freed in all rebel states with Abraham Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation", but that really didn't do anything as the Union needed to defeat the Confederacy in the Civil War before that proclamation would be honored.feo menso
Different countries had and have different laws.
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∙ 14y agoThey were entitled to legal protection if mistreated by anyone who wasn't their master. Also, many northern states put through personal liberty laws. These gave black fugitives the right of testimony, habeas corpus, and trial by jury, or they imposed criminal penalties for kidnapping black people. This was to aid those who had escaped slavery and were recaptured by their owners. It gave them the right to testify.
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∙ 16y agoJohn C. Calhoun was a pro-slavery advocate in the 1800s.
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∙ 12y agoDifferent countries had and have different laws.
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∙ 14y agoslavery was still going on in the 1800s
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How did slavery affect women in 1800s?
explain how unfair treatment and slavery affected women wh o came to california during the 1800s?
How was the south in the early 1800s?
it was a hard life because the slavery
What were the names of the people that were in favor of slavery in the 1800s?
basically it was any southerner that had slaves or realized that slavery was vital to southern agriculture
What practice did American abolitionists want to end in the 1800s?
Abolitionists wanted to end Slavery
What states allowed slavery in the 1800s?
these are the sates that did and did not have slaves in the 1800s:all of the states accept the northern part.
How did slavery affect women in 1800s?
explain how unfair treatment and slavery affected women wh o came to california during the 1800s?
If you lived in the 1800s would you have slavery?
Yes.
How important was slavery in the 1800s?
Very important
What bad things happened in the 1800s?
In America, slavery.
What year in the 1800s was slavery introduced in the US?
Slavery was officially introduced to the United States in 1619.
What occurred in the early 1800s that changed Britain's trading system?
Slavery was outlawed.
Was the union for or against slavery and why?
No they thought slavery was bad that's how the civil war started but in the 1800s there was slavery in the north and south. The Union was anti-slavery.
Several amendments from the 1800s are concerned with the issue of slavery What changes occurred as a result of these amendments?
Several amendments from the 1800s are concerned with the issue of slavery. What changes occurred as a result of these amendments?
What was a major factor in the collapse of the United States in the 1800s?
slavery
Is there still slavery in China?
No abolished around the late 1800s
How was the south in the early 1800s?
it was a hard life because the slavery
What issue continue to divide the country in the early 1800s?
the expansion of slavery
