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The Negro in the United States
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What legal question about baptism and slavery does Du Bois describe being resolved in Virginia by 1667?
A
That baptism automatically freed any slave who received it
B
That only baptized slaves could legally be bought or sold
C
That baptism was made illegal for enslaved people entirely
D
That "baptism doth not alter the condition of the person as to his bondage or freedom," removing masters' fear that converting slaves to Christianity would free them
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