If the South had written into their Constitution several Articles that condoned and enabled child abuse, what would your own position be then?
Not addressed at me but I would have condemned it. But it is an apples/oranges question. One was legal, the other not so much, even though it happened a lot. miles
Miles, the body of a slave was also the legal possession of the Master. Slave Codes and laws varied, in at least one state a White guy who raped or otherwise had sex with another man's slave could be charged with something akin to trespassing. If a pregnancy resulted some potential for useful work during the pregnancy would be lost, but this would be offset by the fact that the economically valuable child would also be the property of the Master.
