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Virginias government around the 1700s was set up in a way where white people completely dehumanized any non Christian servants through the awful use of laws and religion as a form of control over slaves which in most cases would be negros, mulattos and Native Americans.

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The Slave codes of 1705 most of all served as a safety net for any white slave owners who would mistreat or abuse in some cases kill slaves and would not receive any repercussion from Virginias government. The slave codes gave indentured servants & slaves, punishments that would be brough upon them if any rule was broken according to their master.

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The book that Robert Beverly wrote is important to historians and readers because it gave us insight on the two different classes of servitude which were indentured servants and slaves. The History & Present State of Virginia gives historians a detailed document on how harsh slaves where treated compared to indentured servants even coming down to the way they where fed, dressed and sheltered.

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The Slave Codes of 1705 and The History & Present State of Virginia played an ongoing role in denying people of color to have basic human rights. Even though the documents where based in Virginia segregation existed all throughout the 13 colonies and proved to be an ongoing issue with America until the late 1900s. The purpose as to why the documents where significant in history was so that mostly white males can establish a sort of hierarchy over people of color profiting on free labor.

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Many of the colonies where still in early development during the 1700s and so any racial document was influential not only for the people in Virginia but also to surrounding colonies. The racial documents was an advocated mostly to white Christian slave owners since at the time they were the people with more economical and political influence. Even important historical figures like Benjamin Franklin who helped with the abolition of slavery owned slaves, which goes to show how much of an impact those types of articles involving racism had on people.

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The articles explain the basic rights that where given to slaves at the time both articles where written. In likeness both articles share the intext similarity which is no blacks, mulatto or Indians at any point in time may purchase any Christian servant. The articles where based on the belief that African Americans where nothing but an economical investment. One clear rule mentioned in both articles is that any person imported for labor not to be white or Christian be counted as slaves, goes to show how much slaves where dehumanized.

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We are able to learn that racism was considered a building block in the 1700s as seen by the white Christian ,males. The documents in their creation where meant to be interpreted by slave owners and not so much by the slaves.