Passed in the 1600s, laws aimed at distinguishing the social status of European indentured servants from that of African slaves were known as the:
A) Virginia common laws
B) fugitive slave laws
C) slave codes
D) servitude acts

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Slave codes were laws passed in the 1600s that aimed at distinguishing the social status of European indentured servants from that of African slaves. These laws were enacted to reinforce the idea of racial superiority and to justify the practice of slavery. The laws restricted the rights and freedoms of African slaves and granted slave owners greater power and control over their property.

Passed in the 1600s, Laws Aimed at Distinguishing the Social