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  2. Black Codes (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Black Codes, sometimes called the Black Laws, were laws which governed the conduct of African Americans (both free and freedmen).In 1832, James Kent wrote that "in most of the United States, there is a distinction in respect to political privileges, between free white persons and free colored persons of African blood; and in no part of the country do the latter, in point of fact ...

  3. List of landmark African-American legislation - Wikipedia

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    Resulted in Draft Riots in several American cities, most famously New York City. Noted for the devastating loss of life and property among African-Americans in New York City . Black Codes (1865–66) - series of laws passed by Southern state legislatures restricting the political franchise and economic opportunity of free blacks , with heavy ...

  4. Slave codes - Wikipedia

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    Virginia's slave codes were made in parallel to those in Barbados, with individual laws starting in 1667 and a comprehensive slave-code passed in 1705. [15] In 1667, the Virginia House of Burgesses enacted a law which did not recognize the conversion of African Americans to Christianity despite a baptism.

  5. 5 States Voting On 'Slavery Loophole' Ballot Amendments

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    "However, in order to keep African Americans working, they passed vagrancy law, black codes, pig laws to keep again the economic little house going. And that's what we're still doing today and ...

  6. List of Jim Crow law examples by state - Wikipedia

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    Jim Crow laws existed throughout the United States and originated from the Black Codes that were passed from 1865 to 1866 and from before the American Civil War. They mandated de jure segregation in all public facilities, with a supposedly "separate but equal" status for Americans of African descent. In reality, this led to treatment that was ...

  7. Virginia Slave Codes of 1705 - Wikipedia

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    The enactment of the Slave Codes is considered to be the consolidation of slavery in Virginia, and served as the foundation of Virginia's slave legislation. [1] All servants from non-Christian lands became slaves. [2] There were forty one parts of this code each defining a different part and law surrounding the slavery in Virginia.

  8. City in Pierce County changes law about pigs for 1st time ...

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    “Our pig code was from 1938 — that was the last time we had done anything with that code,” a city official said. The new changes are kind of a pig deal. City in Pierce County changes law ...

  9. Schools say dress codes promote discipline. But many Black ...

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    Schools with higher percentages of Black and Hispanic students are more likely to enforce strict dress codes, and schools in the South are twice as likely to enforce strict dress codes as those in ...