slave code

C21562
concept

A slave code is a set of laws or regulations that defined the status, rights, and restrictions of enslaved people and controlled their behavior to maintain the system of slavery.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
slave code canonical 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: slave code
Generated description
A slave code is a set of laws or regulations that defined the status, rights, and restrictions of enslaved people and controlled their behavior to maintain the system of slavery.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Code Noir (involvement in drafting)
surface form: Code Noir
South Carolina Negro Act of 1740