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What was the significance of the Virginia General Assembly, Act XII, 1662?
It codified 'partus sequitur ventrem', making slavery hereditary through the mother's status.
What was the impact of Partus Sequitur Ventrem on mixed-race children?
It prevented mixed-race children of enslaved mothers from inheriting the free status of their white fathers.
How did the one-drop rule affect multiracial individuals?
It denied them the ability to fully embrace their multiracial heritage.
What was the effect of hereditary slavery?
It perpetuated racial slavery in the U.S. through generations.
What was the impact of the commodification of reproduction?
It led to the dehumanization and exploitation of enslaved women.
How did legal definitions of race impact rights and status during slavery?
Racial categories were legally defined and tied to rights and status, as seen in Partus Sequitur Ventrem.
How did phenotype affect perceptions of racial identity?
Physical traits like skin color heavily influenced perceptions of racial identity.
What was the purpose of the 'Am I Not a Woman and a Sister?' image?
To challenge the dehumanization of enslaved Black women and evoke empathy.
What was the impact of the one-drop rule on racial boundaries?
It maintained strict racial boundaries and reinforced oppression.
What was the effect of the one-drop rule?
It forced people into a singular, socially inferior category.
What was the significance of the 1662 Virginia law?
Codified 'partus sequitur ventrem', making slavery hereditary via the mother.
What was the impact of 'Partus Sequitur Ventrem'?
Perpetuated hereditary slavery, commodified enslaved women's reproduction.
What was the purpose of the 'Am I Not a Woman' image?
Abolitionist image challenging the dehumanization of enslaved Black women.
Compare biological race vs. social construct of race.
Biological race: flawed, lacks scientific basis. Social construct: created by society to maintain power.
Compare phenotype and ancestry.
Phenotype: physical traits, not always accurate ancestry. Ancestry: genetic heritage.
Compare hypodescent and the one-drop rule.
Hypodescent: assigns to subordinate parent's race. One-drop: any African ancestry = Black.