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Black Codes Restrict Newly Won Freedom
In the fall of 1865, white southerners, most of them ex-Confederates and planters, won large majorities in local and state elections throughout the South. They quickly passed a series of restrictive laws, or Black Codes, which varied only slightly [...]
Tags: Reconstruction, Segregation
Item Type: Laws/Court Cases
Historical Era: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)