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In the early 19th century, state governments in the South passed slave codes

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Protect not only the property but also the property owner from the danger of slave violence.

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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.