Salutary neglect is best defined as the ability to elect people who make up the government. the right to print criticism of officials as long as it is true. the theory that colonies exist to benefit their mother country. the policy of overlooking certain things in order to get positive results.

Me a slaveowner who worked a slave to death or be a slave to death, a. cannot be tried for murder in criminal court but could be sued for wrongful death in the civil court b. cannot be tried in court because there was no law against the mistreatment of slaves. c. could have his form or plantation confiscated by the state and sold to the highest bidder. d. could be tried for murder in most southern states.