Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in British Settlement in North America.
Strict colonial laws that defined the legal status of enslaved people and denied them basic civil rights, specifically designed to prevent assembly and resistance.
Slave codes appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for British America: Empire and Revolution, especially British Settlement in North America and Problems within the Colonies.
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