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Virginia, 1650"Act XI. All persons except Negroes are to be provided with arms and ammunitions or be fined at the pleasure of the governor and council."Virginia, 1662"Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children got by any Englishmen upon a Negro shall be slave or Free, Be it therefore enacted and declared by this present Grand assembly, that all children born in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother."Maryland, 1664"That whatsoever free-born [English] woman shall intermarry with any slave [...] shall serve the master of such slave during the life of her husband; and that all the issue of such free-born women, so married shall be slaves as their fathers were."Virginia, 1667"Act III. Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children that are slaves by birth [...] should by virtue of their baptism be made free, it is enacted that baptism does not alter the condition to the person as to his bondage or freedom; masters freed from this doubt may more carefully propagate Christianity by permitting slaves to be admitted to that sacrament."Virginia, 1682"Act I. It is enacted that all servants [...] which shall be imported into this country either by sea or by land, whether Negroes, Moors [Muslim North Africans], mulattoes or Indians who and whose parentage and native countries are not Christian at the time of their first purchase by some Christian [...] and all Indians, which shall be sold by our neighboring Indians, or any other trafficking with us for slaves, are hereby adjudged, deemed and taken to be slaves to all intents and purposes any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding."Virginia, 1705[1]"All servants imported and brought into the Country...who were not Christians in their native Country...shall be accounted and be slaves. All Negro, mulatto and Indian slaves within this dominion...shall be held to be real estate."South Carolina, 1712"Be it therefore enacted, by his Excellency, William, Lord Craven, Palatine.... and the rest of the members of the General Assembly, now met at Charles Town, for the South-west part of this Province, and by the authority of the same, That all negroes, mulatoes, mestizoes or Indians, which at any time heretofore have been sold, or now are held or taken to be, or hereafter shall be bought and sold for slaves, are hereby declared slaves; and they, and their children, are hereby made and declared slaves...."
Violence and other injustices against slaves- Virginia, 1705 - "If any slave resists his master...correcting such a slave, and shall happen to be killed in such correction...the master shall be free of all punishment...as if such accident never happened."
- South Carolina, 1712 - "Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no master, mistress, overseer, or other person whatsoever, that hath the care and charge of any negro or slave, shall give their negroes and other slaves leave...to go out of their plantations.... Every slave hereafter out of his master's plantation, without a ticket, or leave in writing, from his master...shall be whipped...."
- Louisiana, 1724 - "The slave who, having struck his master, his mistress, or the husband of his mistress, or their children, shall have produced a bruise, or the shedding of blood in the face, shall suffer capital punishment."
- Alabama, 1833, section 31 - "Any person or persons who attempt to teach any free person of color, or slave, to spell, read, or write, shall, upon conviction thereof by indictment, be fined in a sum not less than two hundred and fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars."
- Alabama, 1833, section 32 - "Any free person of color who shall write for any slave a pass or free paper, on conviction thereof, shall receive for every such offense, thirty-nine lashes on the bare back, and leave the state of Alabama within thirty days thereafter..."
- Alabama, 1833, section 33 - "Any slave who shall write for any other slave, any pass or free-paper, upon conviction, shall receive, on his or her back, fifty lashes for the first offence, and one hundred lashes for every offence thereafter..."
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The primary purpose of the Black Codes was to .?
They were confederate laws to return black people back to slavery. these codes are still working like a well run machine. The prison system is one of its greatest institution. The school system another...
What were 2 things did black codes try to accomplish?
The main purpose of the black codes was to regain power over the blacks and use the law to do so.
How long did black codes exist?
Congress did not pass the "Black codes" these codes were pass by the states and they were not the same in every state, they were codes to keep slave in there place like thing you would tell your children not to do because if you broke one of the codes you was suggest to get a whipping. Whipping a slave consisted of anywhere from 50 to 500 hundred lashes with a bull whip, the breaking of some "Black Codes", could end in you being hung or burned at the stake. White America was afraid of slave revolt's so they invented the "Black Codes".
What did the Black Codes do to the blacks?
Black codes were codes made during Reconstruction after the Civil war, they were made to control blacks after they were emancipated. They were not actual Laws, but like a code of conduct in the south. They basically included that blacks had to be in service of a white person, that they could not have congregations together, that they could not speak out, and that they could not have weapons. They also included that blacks could not go out without a white 'supervisor'
Why were black codes created?
The Black Codes were written to control Black people slave as well as free. Whites were not subject to these codes that is why they were named "The Black Codes". **The black codes weren't even created until after slavery was abolished. The black codes were basically created to replace slavery and make Black people in the South subservient again.
In what was did the black codes limit the freedom of African American?
farming and household services
Why was black codes created?
because whites did not like blacks so they would not have freedom. well they did have freedom BUT they wanted to limit their freedom
Why did southern state adopt black codes?
to limit the economic and physical freedom of former slaves
Southern states passed laws known as black codes in an effort to?
The Black Codes were enacted to limit the freedom of African Americans. They were required to have jobs and could not own homes or land.
What did many southern states use to limit civil rights during reconstruction?
black codes
How did the Black Codes attempt to limit opportunities for African Americans?
the black codes were laws passed in the united states to limit the civil rights and civil liberties of african americans
What did southern states pass which tried to limit the freedom of former slaves?
Southern states passed Black Codes, which were laws specifically designed to restrict the rights and freedom of African Americans. These codes aimed to regulate the behavior and movement of former slaves and control their labor opportunities.
What laws sought to limit right to African Americans?
black codes
What Law to sought to limit the rights to African Americans?
black codes
What law sought to limit the rights of African Americans?
black codes
What happened under the president Johnson's plan for reconstruction?
African Americans' rights were limited by black codes. < APEX >
What did many states use to limit civil rights during reconstruction?
Black codes
