How did Elizabeth Key Grinstead a woman of mixed race lead Virginia lawmakers to rule that children of slave women were slaves?

Answer 1

Elizabeth won her freedom because her father was white.

Answer 2

Elizabeth Key Grinstead successfully argued in court that her mixed race status should classify her as a free woman since her father was an Englishman. As a result, Virginia lawmakers changed the law to state that a child's status followed that of the mother, ultimately ruling that children of enslaved women would also be considered slaves.