What was the primary reason colonial assemblies passed harsh Slave Codes as the enslaved population increased?

To comply with new laws issued by the British Parliament.

To prevent rebellion and maintain control over enslaved people.

To create a system for enslaved individuals to purchase their freedom.

To encourage the practice of African cultural traditions.

According to the legal framework established by the Slave Codes, what was the status of enslaved people?

Indentured servants with a path to freedom

Foreign nationals with limited protections

Property for life with no legal rights

Apprentices who could learn a trade

Filing lawsuits in colonial courts to demand wages for their labor.

Maintaining African musical and storytelling traditions.

Negotiating treaties with local Native American tribes for protection.

Organizing large-scale boycotts of goods produced on plantations.

Breaking tools or working slowly

Publishing abolitionist pamphlets

Petitioning the colonial governor

It was brutally crushed by the colonists.

It led to the immediate abolition of slavery in South Carolina.

The rebels successfully established an independent community.

It resulted in the English king granting freedom to the participants.