After chattel slavery was abolished throughout the United States in 1865, former slave states in the U.S. South enacted Black Codes to restrict all black citizens, especially the emancipated …

Jan 21, 2026 · Black Codes, in U.S. history, the numerous laws adopted in the states of the former Confederacy after the American Civil War that were intended to maintain white …

Jun 1, 2010 · Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished …

Oct 3, 2023 · Black Codes were laws enacted by the legislatures of former Confederate States in 1865 and 1866, in response to the passage of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery. …

The Black Codes were a series of laws passed throughout the South in the wake of emancipation.

Nov 24, 2025 · After the Civil War ended, freedom came in name but not in practice for millions of formerly enslaved people. In Southern states, a new system quickly emerged to replace …

After the Civil War, former Confederate states created a system of laws—Black Codes—restricting African Americans’ civil and economic rights. Black Codes punished …

Apr 16, 2025 · Black codes and Jim Crow laws were laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters. …

Slavery had simply taken a new form. The Freedmen`s Bureau worked to halt enforcement of many of these laws and the Republican state governments (imposed by the North) repealed …

Black codes in the United States, any of numerous laws enacted in the states of the former Confederacy after the American Civil War, in 1865 and 1866, designed to replace the social …