Black Codes of 1865

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:law
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Reconstruction_era
gptkbp:created_in 1865
gptkbp:enacted_by Southern states
gptkbp:enforces harsh penalties for noncompliance
gptkbp:has_limitations the right to vote
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Black Codes of 1865
gptkbp:included curfews
labor contracts
vagrancy laws
restrictions on property ownership
gptkbp:influenced future civil rights legislation
gptkbp:is_aimed_at restricting African American rights
gptkbp:is_targeted_at freedmen
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
increased racial tensions
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkbp:resulted_in discriminatory practices
gptkbp:were controversial
a violation of human rights
enforced by local authorities
a precursor to segregation laws
a response to the abolition of slavery
a significant factor in the civil rights movement
criticized by abolitionists
overturned by federal legislation
part of a larger system of racial control
part of the Black Codes system
seen as a means of economic exploitation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Black_Codes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5