Slave Codes (United States)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Slave_Codes_(United_States)
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:African-American
free people of color
gptkbp:allows physical punishment of enslaved people
sale and transfer of enslaved people
gptkbp:appliesTo enslaved people
slave owners
gptkbp:category gptkb:Legal_history_of_the_United_States
gptkb:Slavery_in_the_United_States
gptkb:Racial_segregation_laws_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted 17th century
gptkbp:enforcedBy state governments
colonial governments
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Slave Codes (United States)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Barbados_Slave_Code_of_1661
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:South_Carolina_Slave_Code_of_1740
gptkb:Virginia_Slave_Codes_of_1705
gptkbp:prohibits education of enslaved people
movement of enslaved people
assembly of enslaved people
enslaved people owning property
enslaved people testifying against whites
gptkbp:purpose regulation of slavery
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:Fugitive_Slave_Act
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:13th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
1865
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Black_Codes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Laws_of_Slaves
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6