The answer is "C. he was tried and executed under the law"
Slave code, in U.S. history, any of the set of rules based on the concept that enslaved persons were property, not persons. Inherent in the institution of slavery were certain social controls, which enslavers amplified with laws to protect not only the property but also the property owner from the danger of slave violence. The slave codes were forerunners of the black codes of the mid-19th century.
Answer: Well we could say the British settler since there is no letter that says "The Great British Empire"
Folk music
When we refer to "folk music," we often are referring to well-known, old, traditional music styles in a culture for which we may not even know who composed the songs. Folk music tends to be passed on by oral transmission more than by organized publication. In a way it is the common music of a people or culture.