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The Slave Code: Laws That Made Enslavement Legal
In this episode of The Atlantic Slave Trade, we explore the legal architecture that transformed human beings into property across the Americas. While previous episodes covered the Middle Passage and resistance movements like the Haitian Revolution, we now examine the domestic laws that enforced slavery. Lucas and Luna discuss the Barbados Slave Code of 1661, the first comprehensive set of rules to define enslaved people as chattels rather than humans with rights. We look at how these codes were copied and adapted in Virginia, South Carolina, and Louisiana, creating a uniform system of racial…
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