USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the first two years after the Civil War, white Southern Democratic legislatures passed Black Codes modeled after the earlier slave codes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The law also required southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment, which broadened the definition of citizenship, granting “equal protection” of the Constitution to formerly enslaved people, before they could rejoin the Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -The punishments took many forms, including whippings, torture, mutilation, imprisonment, and being sold away from the plantation. Slaves were even sometimes murdered. Some masters were more “benevolent” than others, and punished less often or severely.

Detailed explanation-4: -What would happen if African Americans left the South in huge numbers? The white Southerners economy and plantations would collapse.

Detailed explanation-5: -After slavery, state governments across the South instituted laws known as Black Codes. These laws granted certain legal rights to blacks, including the right to marry, own property, and sue in court, but the Codes also made it illegal for blacks to serve on juries, testify against whites, or serve in state militias.