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Under the New Slave Code Enacted in 1705 by the House

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Under the new slave code enacted in 1705 by the House of Burgesses, how were slaves classified?


A) as an enemy faction, in need of extreme suppression
B) as legal equals but social inferiors to free persons
C) as indentured servants who could earn their freedom
D) as prisoners, guilty of blasphemy
E) as property, completely subject to the will of their masters

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