Due to the Slave Codes slavery became a more viable labor source because it allowed complete control over the slaves and established them firmly as property and not as fellow humans.
The options of the question are, A) rules were established about how slaveholders could treat the enslaved workers. B) an enslaved person was defined as could be bought and sold. C) rules were established about how many hours enslaved people could work. D) an enslaved person was defined as someone that would work for a set number of years.
The correct answer is B) an enslaved person was defined as could be bought and sold.
<em>An outcome of the slave codes in the Southern colonies in the 1600s was that an enslaved person was defined as could be bought and sold.
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The fear of rebellion from the African American slaves made the white people pressure the Colonies to pass a law resctricting slaves actions. Those were the Slave Codes. These codes considered slaves as property, they were not allowed to own property, and could not assemble alone, just in the presence of a white person.
