The Black Codes

The Black Codes

Introduction

The southern governments which were formed under the execution of President Andrew Johnson passes a law which was named “black codes”. These laws restricted the freed slaves from voting, sitting on juries and carrying any kind of weapons at certain places. Moreover, they were also not allowed to testify against any “white” man and were also not offered jobs at some positions. However, soon after the American Civil War ended, a Civil rights Bill was passed. This purpose of this Bill was to protect the freed slaves from Southern Black Codes. These were the laws which restricted the slaves from the practices they were previously not allowed to do.

The “black codes”

Background

The Black Code is a collection of some sixty articles which were published in installments in 1685. It incorporates all the provisions governing the lives of enslaved blacks in the colonial French. It was written to address the problems of slavery in the colonies: the numerical superiority (two blacks in a White), the attacks and uprisings of the Negro brown, the indifference of the settlers towards the religious education of their slaves and master sex slaves. The priority is to prevent the uprising of the slaves with the Black Code, thus ensuring a good supply of the metropolis in tropical products.

The Black Code was prepared by Colbert at the request of Louis XIV. The Black Code defines the rights of "owner" of his slave. Originally it was intended to the French colonies: Caribbean, Guyana and the Isle Bourbon. Then, other countries have adopted a code like that.

In April 1866, the Civil rights Bill was voted by President Andrew Johnson. He clearly said that the “white men” were superior to the “blacks” and for this; they should further raise their status and maintain the position. The ...