Henretta 3-3 Analysis

Going by what is suggested in the reading of Henretta 3-3 the reason I think that Virginia imposed harsher slave code in 1691 was because of a direct result of the decline of indentured servants, as well as the influx of primarily African slaves. These new codes I imagine would have various impacts for blacks and whites. Some of these impacts were the increase in the ability to "lawfully" capture what they call "slaves unlawful absent themselves from their masters". This made it not only fine to capture, but also made lawful to kill a slave that was resisting being captured. It goes on to say how much someone would be compensated if there slave was killed in pursuance of this act, which was four thousand dollars in tobacco by the public. It