According to Fischer, the colonists ordered their world differently before the advent of racial slavery. Using Suspect Relations,
Stono Rebellion, and at least one other source from our readings, please answer the following questions: How was the legal system
used to reinforce social status? How did ordinary (poor) whites participate in this process? What did they stand to gain? To
lose? How, then, did race, class, and gender work together to create and sustain a social and political hierarch in the American
colonies?