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What did the Louisiana Slave Code (Code Noir) of 1724 entail?
Expulsion of Jews, mandatory Catholic religious instruction, forbade interracial marriage.
What were key provisions of the South Carolina Slave Code of 1740?
Defined slaves as property, restricted travel, prohibited teaching slaves to write.
Define Slave Codes.
Sets of laws defining enslaved people as property, designed to control and oppress.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Enslaved people counted as ⅗ of a person for representation and taxation, boosting slaveholding states' power.
What is the Fugitive Slave Clause?
Required states to return escaped enslaved people to their enslavers, even in free states.
Define Code Noir.
Slave code in French colonies aimed to maintain white supremacy.
Define Código Negro.
Slave code in Spanish colonies aimed to maintain white supremacy.
Define Manumission.
The act of an owner freeing their enslaved people.
Define Chattel Slavery.
A system where enslaved people are legally defined as property.
Define Antebellum.
The period before the Civil War (1815-1860) characterized by growing sectionalism over slavery.
What is racial hierarchy?
A system of stratification based on perceived racial differences, granting privileges to some groups while denying them to others.
Define Abolitionism.
A movement to end slavery.
Cause and effect of the Stono Rebellion?
Cause: Slave rebellion. Effect: Harsher restrictions on enslaved people in South Carolina.
Cause and effect of Dred Scott decision?
Cause: Dred Scott's suit for freedom. Effect: Denial of Black citizenship, invalidation of Missouri Compromise.