15 Laws Created to Control Freed Slaves After Emancipation
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15 Laws Created to Control Freed Slaves After Emancipation

After the Civil War ended and slavery was officially abolished, the Southern states faced a dramatic shift in social order. Rather than embracing equality, state legislatures quickly enacted a series of restrictive measures known as Black Codes and similar laws. These statutes were designed to regulate the lives of newly freed African Americans, limit their ...