单词 | slave code |
释义 | > as lemmasslave code slave code n. now historical any of various legal codes regulating the institution of slavery; spec. a body of laws applied to enslaved people of African origin within slave-holding jurisdictions, esp. in the Caribbean and United States.Slave codes within the Caribbean and United States often also restricted the rights and liberties of free black people; cf. Black Code n. and quot. 2016. ΘΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > relating to ethnic minorities Fleming-lauche?c1629 black code1749 Jew Bill1753 Nuremberg Laws1937 Group Area1950 1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica II. iii. v. 496 The Negroes in our colonies might..have fared better, if their masters had taken the Athenian slave code for their guide, instead of ransacking the statute-law of England for modes of judging and chastizing them. 1859 Memphis Daily Appeal 15 Sept. 1/2 New Mexico passed a slave code, protecting and maintaining slavery in the Territory as a democratic institution, and punishing all offenses against slave property. 1866 C. Sumner Equal Rights of All 31/2 Strike at the Black Code, as you have already struck at the Slave Code... You have already proclaimed Emancipation; proclaim Enfranchisement also. 1952 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 37 239 The legal questions involved..the right of Negroes to testify in court, a right heretofore denied under the slave codes. 2016 D. Olusoga Black & Brit. ii. 70 The Slave Code divided Barbados society along the lines of race. All white men of all classes were accorded rights that were systematically denied to black people. < as lemmas |
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