USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The bodies of law that evolved, known variously as “Slave Codes, ” “Black Codes, ” and “Code Noir, ” aimed to limit African social, economic and political autonomy as well as to control the growth of a free African population.

Detailed explanation-2: -As African Americans in the colonies grew greater and greater in number, there was a justifiable paranoia on the part of the white settlers that a violent rebellion could occur in one’s own neighborhood. It was this fear of rebellion that led each colony to pass a series of laws restricting slaves’ behaviors.

Detailed explanation-3: -The slave codes were laws relating to slavery and enslaved people, specifically regarding the Atlantic slave trade and chattel slavery in the Americas. Most slave codes were concerned with the rights and duties of free people in regards to enslaved people.

Detailed explanation-4: -It included whippings, slave laws called slave codes, the use of religion, as well as constant punishment and intimidation. All these methods were designed to control slaves and keep them working. None of them were completely successful, but they help explain why slavery lasted for 250 years.