Southern states enacted black codes after the Civil War to prevent African Americans from achieving political and economic autonomy.
Log in Gabe Crain 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Gabe Crain's post “What is the difference be...” What is the difference between black codes and Jim Crow? • (8 votes) Anagha Tiwari 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to Anagha Tiwari's post “The Black Codes were enac...” The Black Codes were enacted in states before the 14th and 15th Amendment took place, while the Jim Crow laws were enacted after. While both these rules/regulations economically and socially disabled African Americans (and maintained white supremacy), the Black Codes were the set of rules that eventually led to and influenced the birth of Jim Crow. Jim Crow laws were much more permanent and "legal" than the Black Codes, as they were formed after the Supreme Court justified that "separate but equal" institutions still respected African American rights/equality. (7 votes) Baylee Jager 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Baylee Jager's post “How did the public react ...” How did the public react to the laws called the “black codes” during the reconstruction era? • (4 votes) Isaac E 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Isaac E's post “The Southern public was v...” The Southern public was virtually all in favor, while in the North, Radical Republicans were very upset, although the majority of people were indifferent, as it had no bearing on their everyday life. luandapanda 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to luandapanda's post “Did the Civil Rights Act ...” Did the Civil Rights Act delegalise the Black Codes? Or was it the 14th and 15th amendments? • (9 votes) Chris Centanaro 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Chris Centanaro's post “if slavery had ended, why...” if slavery had ended, why were African Americans treated unfairly? • (5 votes) Miss Beatlemaniac 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Miss Beatlemaniac's post “Just because slavery was ...” Just because slavery was abolished didn't mean that people suddenly treated African Americans fairly (or wanted to). Many still felt that the newly freed people shouldn't have the same rights as white Americans. Essentially, politicians (mostly southerners) got away with calling them "free" due to the abolition of slavery but established Black Codes, which subtly yet effectively stripped them of a large amount of this freedom. (8 votes) josh johnson 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to josh johnson's post “It took another 100 years...” It took another 100 years for Blacks to find a level of equality, but at that time having the Black leaders and educated move out of their communities left their communities void of leadership, i.e. ghettos formed easily. Why when the brightest and best move affected the black community so hard? And could you compare this upward mobility to the blacks leaving the south going north, leaving few leaders in the south to fight hatred? • (7 votes) luandapanda 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to luandapanda's post “How were the Jim Crow law...” How were the Jim Crow laws allowed to happen? Because the 14th and 15th amendments go against segregation and not letting people vote. And weren't the South part of the US at this point? • (4 votes) emonyerm 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to emonyerm's post “What year did the civil w...” What year did the civil war end?? (2 votes) Nathaniel Sapp 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to Nathaniel Sapp 's post “What was one consequence ...” What was one consequence of the implementation of Black Codes across the South immediately following the Civil War? • (3 votes) famousguy786 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to famousguy786's post “There were many consequen...” There were many consequences. (4 votes) Tovonn Smith 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Tovonn Smith's post “Were there ever any white...” Were there ever any white, or hispanic codes? • (1 vote) Abe18Torres 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Abe18Torres's post “Technically, there weren'...” Technically, there weren't Hispanic codes because that term was not in use during the time black codes were used, the term hispanic was adopted by the U.S. in the early 1970s. However, the term hispanic encompasses people of Mexican descent who were subject to laws in the southwestern states (Texas, Arizona, and I believe California) very similar if not identical to black codes. (2 votes) ismael dolores 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to ismael dolores's post “Why were black Americans ...” Why were black Americans still working for white people after the civil war and after the 13th amendment? • (2 votes) David Alexander 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Everyone has to eat. Land...” Everyone has to eat. Land to grow food wasn't free. Slavery just turned from "ownership of people" to "control of the means of production." when that didn't provide enough labor, governments threw people into jail, then rented them back to farmers. (5 votes) temjoh1677 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to temjoh1677's post “How did the black codes e...” How did the black codes effect the African Americans and their freedom? • (0 votes) trek 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to trek's post “The black codes prevented...” The black codes prevented many former slaves from voting, owning land, and being able to find employment without signing contracts that were pretty much re-enslaving them. People were not able to be truly free under the black code laws. (11 votes)Want to join the conversation?
The gains newly-freed slaves made were reversed in many places.
They were denied fair wages, the right to own firearms, the right to vote and much more.
These Codes caused Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution.
