Black Codes

GPTKB entity

Statements (113)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:law
gptkbp:allows arrest for loitering
gptkbp:are_part_of post-Civil War policies
the legacy of slavery
system of racial segregation
post-Reconstruction era policies
the Black experience in America
gptkbp:consequences the end of Reconstruction
gptkbp:created_by Southern states
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:Civil_War
1865
gptkbp:enforced_after gptkb:Reconstruction_era
gptkbp:founded_in sharecropping system
gptkbp:has_limitations voting rights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Black Codes
gptkbp:imposed_fines_for idleness
gptkbp:included_laws curfews
labor contracts
land ownership restrictions
vagrancy laws
gptkbp:included_laws_about property ownership
labor contracts
vagrancy
gptkbp:includes_provisions_for gptkb:education
segregation laws
apprenticeship laws
gptkbp:is_a_form_of racial discrimination
institutional racism
gptkbp:is_a_source_of gptkb:social_unrest
national controversy
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of gptkb:political_debates
gptkb:historical_analysis
gptkbp:is_a_tool_for gptkb:economic_exploitation
racial oppression
gptkbp:is_aimed_at restrict African American rights
gptkbp:is_associated_with gptkb:Holocaust
gptkbp:is_challenged_by gptkb:human_rights
gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments
the Constitution
courts
Civil Rights activists
gptkbp:is_criticized_for abolitionists
Northern politicians
perpetuating poverty
promoting inequality
their harsh penalties
gptkbp:is_implemented_in gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:is_motivated_by economic necessity
gptkbp:is_often_seen_in a betrayal of Reconstruction ideals
gptkbp:is_opposed_by Republican lawmakers
African American leaders
freedmen's organizations
gptkbp:is_reflected_in societal attitudes
gptkbp:is_used_to suppress dissent
control African American labor
control African American population
maintain economic control
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:Black_Codes_of_1865
racial discrimination
gptkbp:legacy slavery
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
state legislatures
gptkbp:requires labor contracts for freedmen
gptkbp:restricted_rights gptkb:freedom_of_movement
education access
voting rights
access to public facilities
gptkbp:resulted_in segregation
sharecropping system
gptkbp:type_of social control
gptkbp:varied_by gptkb:state_government
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in the Great Migration
the civil rights struggle
gptkbp:was_a_precursor_to gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
systemic racism
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:13th_Amendment
Reconstruction efforts
the abolition of slavery
freedmen's rights
freedmen's newfound freedoms
gptkbp:was_influenced_by white supremacy
economic interests
economic interests of whites
gptkbp:was_supported_by gptkb:Southern_Democrats
white landowners
gptkbp:were_a_barrier_to equality
gptkbp:were_a_challenge_to American democracy
gptkbp:were_a_response_to_fears_of Black political power
gptkbp:were_a_significant_barrier_to equality.
gptkbp:were_abolished_by gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:were_enforced_by gptkb:local_law_enforcement
gptkbp:were_enforced_through gptkb:local_law_enforcement
gptkbp:were_implemented_to maintain social order
gptkbp:were_often_enacted_alongside gptkb:Black_Codes_of_1866
gptkbp:were_often_enforced_through violence
gptkbp:were_often_enforced_with violence
gptkbp:were_often_ignored_by federal authorities
gptkbp:were_often_misinterpreted_as legal protections
gptkbp:were_often_vague_about definitions of crimes
gptkbp:were_part_of_a_larger_system_of racial oppression
gptkbp:were_used_to_justify racial violence
gptkbp:were_used_to_maintain gptkb:social_hierarchy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Reconstruction_era
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Florida
gptkb:Radical_Republicans
gptkb:Military_Reconstruction_Act
gptkb:Reconstruction_Acts
gptkb:American_Reconstruction
gptkb:Radical_Reconstruction
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4