<Dd> "Act XI . All persons except the African slaves are to be provided with arms and ammunitions or be fined at the pleasure of the governor and the council ." </Dd> <Dt> Virginia, 1662 </Dt> <Dd> "Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children got by any Englishmen upon a Negro shall be slave or Free, Be it therefore enacted and declared by this present Grand assembly, that all children born in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother ." </Dd> <Dt> Maryland, 1664 </Dt>

What two categories modeled the american slave system