When the Virginia House of Burgesses decreed that religious conversion did not release a slave from bondage
A) every other colonial assembly followed suit.
B) Governor William Berkeley vetoed the measure, which led to Bacon's Rebellion.
C) it meant that, under Virginia law, Christians could own other Christians.
D) mass protests followed.
E) slaves quit attending church.

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This decree meant that Christian slave owners were not required to free their Christian slaves, allowing them to legally own other Christians under Virginia law.

When the Virginia House of Burgesses Decreed That Religious Conversion