From the 1600s to the 1860s, white women in middle- and upper-income groups were legally barred from socioeconomic inheritances, including receiving enslaved African Americans.

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During this period, white women in middle- and upper-income groups could legally inherit property, including enslaved African Americans. The legal system of coverture limited their control over these assets, but they were not barred from inheriting them.

From the 1600s to the 1860s, White Women in Middle-