The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children got by any Englishman upon a Negro woman should be slave or free,be it therefore enacted and declared by this present Grand Assembly,that all children born in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother;and that if any Christian shall commit fornication with a Negro man or woman,he or she so offending shall pay double the fines imposed by the former act."
Virginia slave law,December 1662
-The labor system discussed in the passage grew in part as a result of

A) strict government intervention in the economy.
B) racial equality.
C) economic recession and stagnation.
D) favorable climate and long growing seasons.