The Black Codes (apr 5, 1865 – jan 1, 1867)
Description:
The black codes revealed determination of southern whites to keep black people in an inferior position. Codes varied but included such things as:- forbidding inter-racial marriages
- forbidding a black person from giving evidence against a white person in court (segregation)
Although the Republicans successfully outlawed these laws with the 14th Amendment, the Codes anticipated Jim Crow laws passed once reconstruction had ended.
Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 5, 1865
jan 1, 1867
~ 1 years and 8 months