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The Virginia Slave Codes of 1705 stated that people who were not Christians, or were black, mixed-race, or Native Americans would be classified as slaves (i.e., treated like personal property or chattel), and it was made illegal for white people to marry people of color. [39]
During the Atlantic slave trade, starting in the 16th century, Portuguese slave traders brought large numbers of African people across the Atlantic to work in their colonies in the Americas, such as Brazil. An estimated 4.9 million people from Africa were brought to Brazil during the period from 1501 to 1866. [7]
Black Saga: The African American Experience : A Chronology. Basic Civitas Books. Covey, Herbert C. (2008). African American Slave Medicine: Herbal and Non-Herbal Treatments. Lexington Books. Davis, David Brion (2006). Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195339444.
The Virginia Slave Codes of 1705 (formally entitled An act concerning Servants and Slaves), were a series of laws enacted by the Colony of Virginia's House of Burgesses in 1705 regulating the interactions between slaves and citizens of the crown colony of Virginia. The enactment of the Slave Codes is considered to be the consolidation of ...
African Americans are the descendants of Africans who were forced into slavery and sold after they were captured by other tribes during African wars or raids, and were brought to America by Europeans as part of the Atlantic slave trade. [18] African Americans are descended from various ethnic groups, mostly from ethnic groups that lived in West ...
African Americans are the largest racial minority in Virginia. According to the 2010 Census, more than 1.5 million, or one in five Virginians is "Black or African American". African Americans were enslaved in the state. [3] As of the 2020 U.S. Census, African Americans were 18.6% of the state's population. [4]
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 gave effect to the Fugitive Slave Clause. [60] Salmon P. Chase considered the Fugitive Slave Acts unconstitutional because "The Fugitive Slave Clause was a compact among the states, not a grant of power to the federal government". [61]
One important outcome of that resistance was the effect it had on Southern troop morale as it undermined the belief that black people were more loyal to the Confederacy than the Union. [31] Generally, African Americans cheered for Union victory and the Confederacy made a great effort to keep enslaved people under their control. [32]