USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Social Changes In many parts of Texas, slaves were disabused of their manumission as owners refused to allow freed slaves to leave their plantations. Like many other areas of the South, Black Codes were enacted in Texas to segregate the former slaves and keep them from the advantages of citizenship and voting rights.

Detailed explanation-2: -On March 3, 1865, Congress passed “An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees” to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.

Detailed explanation-3: -The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, to the presidency of the United States and fears that Republican control of the executive branch would threaten slavery and the traditional rights and liberties of Americans precipitated the secession crisis in Texas and elsewhere.