"This is a white mans government, and intended for white men only” -Georgia Benjamin F Perry
Black codes are the laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans. Africans had to sign contracts, creating working conditions similar to those under slavery because of the black codes. But If they couldn't prove they were employed they could be arrested - punishment may be one year of work without pay. So they were treated almost like slaves but not like before because now there still havening to listen to other people and do what they say. They were prevented from owning guns and they were not allowed to rent property except in cities
Americans thought this was still slavery “if you call this freedom, what do you call slavery?”
African Americans organized to oppose the codes but this didn't anger republicans because Republicans believed that African Americans should have rights as citizens
It was to give more freedom for the africans to move around but there were also restrictions
**Radical republicans: wanted to force Change in the south
This lead to the Jim Crow laws
websites
Black codes are the laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans. Africans had to sign contracts, creating working conditions similar to those under slavery because of the black codes. But If they couldn't prove they were employed they could be arrested - punishment may be one year of work without pay. So they were treated almost like slaves but not like before because now there still havening to listen to other people and do what they say. They were prevented from owning guns and they were not allowed to rent property except in cities
Americans thought this was still slavery “if you call this freedom, what do you call slavery?”
African Americans organized to oppose the codes but this didn't anger republicans because Republicans believed that African Americans should have rights as citizens
It was to give more freedom for the africans to move around but there were also restrictions
**Radical republicans: wanted to force Change in the south
This lead to the Jim Crow laws
websites