Yes, to some extent because both free Blacks and American Indian tribes
owned African slaves and must have supported such laws (the Choctaw wouldn't give
up their Black slaves until well after the War of Northern Invasion was
ended). Cf Black Masters by Michael P. Johnson and James L. Roark; Generations
of Captivity by Ira Berlin; Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic
World by John Thornton.
As supporters of the institution in America, both Indians and free Blacks
were co-conspirators.
J South
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