Following the Civil War, Southern states passed laws severely restricting the rights of African-Americans. These laws varied from state to state and included the prohibiting of interracial marriages and restrictions on land ownership. These laws served as a way for white Southerners to control the recently freed African-Americans. These laws were known as Civil Rights Acts. Black Codes. Reconstruction laws. the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Black Codes were laws passed by Southern States that severely restricting the rights of African-Americans. These laws varied from state to state andincluded the prohibiting of interracial marriages and restrictions on land ownership. These laws served as a way for white Southerners to control the recently freed African-Americans