Laws were established to create an official system of slavery in the american colonies beginning in the
mid-1500s.
mid-1600s.
mid-1700s.
mid-1800s.

The correct answer is mid-1600s.

The first slaves did not come to the American colonies until the early 1600's. However, their legal status as property and not people did not develop until the creation of slave codes. Slave codes were laws that restricted the legal, social, and political rights of slaves. Often times, slaves did not have the ability to own land, marry, bring a grievance to court, etc.

in 1897, pershing became a tactical officer at west point, and that's where he was given the nickname "black jack." pershing's first name is "john," for which "jack" is a nickname, and he was a white man who commanded black troops. hence "black jack".