1 When were these Black Codes written? Who Do You Think Wrote These Laws?

They were written in 1865-1866 after the Civil War. They were written by white state legislatures.

2 List three things that freed men and women were not allowed to according to the Black Codes.

3 Why would white Southerners pass laws that controlled the movement of African Americans? What would happen if African Americans left the South in huge numbers?

4 How do these laws help you to understand what life was like Louisiana and other Southern states after the Civil War?

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