单词 | black codes |
释义 | black codesˈblack codes noun [plural] social studies, history a set of laws, passed in 1865 by some southern states after the American Civil War, that severely restricted the freedom and rights of African-Americans who were former slaves. In 1866, the U.S. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act and later approved the Fourteenth Amendment in order to end these laws. → see also Jim Crow |
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