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state slave codes  

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  • Between the 1640s and the 1860s, an extensive body of laws was developed in the United States to regulate the institutions of slavery. The earliest codes were Virginia's, passed in 1705. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; State Slave Codes]

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