oct 18, 1865 - Introduction of black codes
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| WHAT: | laws passed by the new southern governments that attempted to regulate the lives of the former slaves | ALLOWED: | legalized, marriage, ownership of property, limited access to courts | DENIED: | testify against whites, serve on juries or in state militias, voting | CONSEQUENCES: | those who failed to sign yearly labor contracts were arrested and hired out to white landowners | led to northern republican anger bc violation of free labor
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