Question

do now 2/4/26: what law was passed to make certain that slavery would become a hereditary situation?

Explanation:

This refers to a colonial American law that tied enslaved status to the mother, ensuring children of enslaved women were also enslaved, making slavery hereditary. The 1662 Virginia Slave Law (also called the Partus Sequitur Ventrem law) was the first major legal act establishing this principle, which was adopted by other colonies later.

Answer:

The 1662 Virginia Slave Law (Partus Sequitur Ventrem), which established that the status of enslavement followed the mother, making slavery a hereditary condition passed from enslaved women to their children.