When the Virginia House of Burgesses decreed that religious conversion did not release a slave from bondage:

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The decree meant that being a Christian did not entitle a slave to freedom, thus establishing the idea that Christians could own other Christians under Virginia law. This decision did not necessarily affect other colonial assemblies, nor did it lead to a specific event such as mass protests or Bacon's Rebellion.

When the Virginia House of Burgesses Decreed That Religious Conversion