Meaning black code
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black code


local or state legal restrictions on black persons, free or slave; attested by 1840, American English, though the thing itself is much older.
Source: etymonline.com

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black code


a series of laws enacted by some southern states that restricted the rights of freedmen after the Civil War
Source: civilwarexperience.ncdcr.gov (offline)





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