Read the scenario.Martha is an enslaved African woman on a Virginia plantation. The plantation is owned by a man who serves in the House of Burgesses. The House of Burgesses has passed several laws meant to control enslaved African people.

The House of Burgesses passed laws to control enslaved Africans and restrict their freedom. Such laws denied enslaved people basic human rights, including liberty and equal treatment. Therefore, the correct choice is “They passed laws that denied some groups their basic human rights.”

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