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This 3 page paper discusses the southern Slave Codes of the 19th century that were enacted to keep the "peculiar institution" of slavery in place. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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downplay it does a disservice to the slaves and their descendents. This paper describes the southern Slave Codes, which were the laws that regulated slavery. Discussion If slavery was to
survive as a viable institution, "slave codes or laws had to be created to maintain order" (Reazer). Each state government established its own set of such laws, and they were
followed by both slave owners and "non-slave owning whites" (Reazer). It was axiomatic that if slavery was to endure, "all members of society had to follow these codes" (Reazer). The
codes, as might be expected, were harsh in the extreme. A book by the Reverend William Goodell, published in 1853, gives us a detailed look the Slaves Codes. The book
is detailed and its only necessary for us to look at the first three chapters to see how inhuman these laws were. The first chapter, "Slave Ownership," defines the relationship
between master and slave; the second "Slave Traffic," describes the sale and use of slaves; and the third chapter, "Seizure of Slave Property for Debt," tells us that since they
were property, not people, slaves could be sold in payment of their owners debts. Its hardly to be believed that such things were not only legal, but approved. In the
first chapter, Goodell describes slavery as defined by the laws of various southern states; here we read things like this: "LOUISIANA.-A slave is one who is in the power of
a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry and his labor. He can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing,
but what must belong; to his master. (Civil Code, Art. 35.) (Goodell, 1853). The phrase "dispose of his person" should make anyone stop and think, because it gives the master
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