History Discussion
Read Chapter 15 attached files and the information included in the Mississippi Black Codes at the following link (https://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/recon/code.html) Once all reading is complete, respond to the following item(s): During Reconstruction, Black Codes were enacted in several former states in the Confederacy. A Republican controlled Congress would later react to suppress these codes. 1. What ultimately were these codes designed to do? 2. Precisely how did the codes aim to accomplish these objectives?