1865-69: UNITED STATES. The "Black Codes” are introduced in the southern states, severely restricting the rights and lives of "freed" slaves. Laws vary from state to state, but most establish the same types of retrictions on freedom. Typically, the Codes force freed slaves to work. In many states, unemployed blacks face being arrested and charged with vagrancy. The Codes often take away the right
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