black codes
To discriminate and to keep civil rights from African Americans.
Slavery was a state/concept inherited from ancient times. Most ancient civilisations included the state of slavery .Thus there did not need to be laws passed to enslave people - but rather the converse, the END of slavery needed new laws which were first passed in Britain driven by William Wilberforce and some time later in the US with amendment 13 to the US constitution.
In 1780 in Pennsylvania there was passed what was called An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery. Thanks!
To end slavery in the US
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African Americans were free in 1865 due to the new chapter in the American history that was opened as the Thirteenth Amendment, passed in January of 1865 and was implemented. It abolished slavery in the United States, and with the end of the war, four million African Americans were free.
african americans
African Americans had limited means of working to end slavery. Many did however rebel against their masters and attended secret meetings where information would be passed along concerning the US Civil War efforts. Plans were also made as to how African Americans could escape to the free states.
In 1862, Congress passed a law to allow African Americans to join the Union Army.
After the Civil War the 15th Amendment was passed that African American males were aloud to vote. This caused many secret southern organizations to sprout up including the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) that would terrorize African Americans. The members of the KKK believed that African Americans were lower then them and they believed in anti-communism (people not being equal to each other) Also since slavery was abolished (gotten rid of) because of the Civil War (13th Amendment that was passed that stated slavery be abolished) African Americans had to find a new way of life, they had to get jobs and live their own lives. They were no longer considered property of another person. Basically African Americans were terrorized by people who believed equality was wrong, and African Americans had to start their own lives and become their own people, no longer having an owner. Hope this helps! :)
They were passed in order to ensure that all African Americans had the right to vote.
The 14th Amendment was passed in 1867. It wasn't until the Voting Acts Right was passed in 1965 however, that it became illegal to stop African Americans from voting.
Because African Americans used to be slaves. When Abraham Lincoln became president, his plan was to stop slavery from spreading but the Southern states thought he was going to abolish slavery. The Civil War begun and the Union won. The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, was also passed. After abolishing slavery, African Americans were treated badly because of their race. That's how it started.
To discriminate and to keep civil rights from African Americans.
After reconstruction, Jim Crow laws were passed. These laws made it difficult for African-Americans to move upward.
Slavery was a state/concept inherited from ancient times. Most ancient civilisations included the state of slavery .Thus there did not need to be laws passed to enslave people - but rather the converse, the END of slavery needed new laws which were first passed in Britain driven by William Wilberforce and some time later in the US with amendment 13 to the US constitution.
African Americans' rights were limited by black codes. < APEX >