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nov 16, 1865 - Mississippi passes first Black Code (Nov 1865)

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Designed to regulate affairs of emancipated blacks like statutes in pre-Civil War days; other states follow suit; Varied in severity, Miss had most harsh, Georgia had most lenient

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nov 16, 1865
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~ 160 years ago