5. What does the author mean in this sentence?
In the 1660s, Virginia decreed that a child followed the status of its mother, thus making
lifetime servitude inheritable.
a. A child born in the colonies to a slave mother was freed after his mother was freed.
b. If a mother was a slave all her life, then it was possible that she would inherit a child.
c. In Virginia, a child born to a mother enslaved for life would also be a slave for life.
d. A slave child had to do anything its mother did throughout his or her lifetime.