Over time, how did the nature of slavery change in America?

Over time, slavery in America shifted from forms that could vary by place and circumstance to a system increasingly tied to race and passed down through generations. Enslaved Africans and their descendants were treated as a distinct, permanently enslaved group. Choice B is incorrect because enslavement could also be inherited by enslaved people’s children; slave codes restricted enslaved people’s rights rather than protecting them from cruelty.

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