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Were slave marriages legal

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 12/11/2022

slave marriages were legal in the eyes of the slaves. but to the slave holder, the marriages may not have even existed. slave owners had the ability to separate the married couple at his will. so in a sense, yes they were, yet in another sense, no they weren't.

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