Read the following excerpt from the Code of Justinian. Based on these laws, what would most likely happen if a slave owner kills his slave?

A. He would have to provide a reason recognized by law in order to escape punishment

B. There would be no consequences

C. He would have to forfeit ownership of all the slaves possessions

D. He would be found guilty of murder and punished accordingly

D. He would be found guilty of murder and punished accordingly

Explanation:

Code of Justinian changed the definition of the slave from a thing to a person and prescribed the death penalty for an owner who killed his slave by torture, poison, or fire.

haitian revolution slaves initiated the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending not just slavery but french control over the colony

the answer is suffrage