Slave codes were laws passed by southern states to increase an owner's control over enslaved African Americans' behavior. All of the following applied under the codes EXCEPT:
(1 point)
A. They were forbidden to gather in groups of more than three.
B. They needed a written pass to leave their owner's land.
C. They were not allowed to learn how to write, but could learn to read.
D. They were not allowed to own guns