Adifference between english law and the laws affecting slaves in virginia was that under english law:

The social condition of a father determined that of his child.

This largely stemmed from the fact that  laws passed in colonial America increasingly defined social status by race. It was aimed at maintaining the social conditions and prevent the slaves from empowerment so as to preserve the institution of slavery

they died because of a disease during the first spanish colonies.

thurgood marshall

explanation: in 1954, thurgood marshall and a team of naacp attorneys won brown v. board of education of topeka, kansas. in this landmark decision, the supreme court held that segregation in public education violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.