Multiple Choice
Which of the following was the result of a Virginia law of 1662 in regard to slavery?
A) It increased the access to freedom for blacks by specifying that a child's status of free or slave was determined by who his or her father was.
B) It helped enable a rise in indentured servitude over slavery in Virginia, as most enslaved blacks had been wiped out by disease.
C) It increased the scope of slavery overall by allowing white indentured servants who had no money to be enslaved for life.
D) It encouraged the raping of enslaved women by white men by making the free or enslaved status of the offspring follow that of the mother.
E) It decreased the influence of Catholicism in the colonies by allowing slaves who had been converted to the Anglican faith to be freed.
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