what were the black codes?

Question

the codes that restricted black people from doig stuff.. what exactly did it restrict them from doing?

Answer 1

Black codes and Jim Crow laws
After the Civil War, white Southerners moved quickly to eliminate black people's newfound freedom. They wanted to return blacks, in effect, to their prewar status as slaves. In order to do this “legally,” they passed new laws that appeared, on the surface, to be neutral and fair to all races. In actuality however, these laws were actually designed specifically to repress black people.

At first these laws were called Black Codes, but because of their deceptive nature, they eventually came to be known as the laws of Jim Crow.

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