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The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, outlawing slavery, before the Civil War had ended. Once the war was over, white southerners passed laws (known as Black Codes) to keep freedmen from exercising their rights, and Congress [...]
Item Type: Laws/Court Cases
Historical Era: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
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)