What restrictions are placed on african-americans

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Case Study: This week I turn your attention to Chapter 15, "Reconstruction." At the bottom of the chapter, you will find the link to the primary source document, "Mississippi Black Code, 1865," which can also be found in Chapter 15 of the American Yawp Reader. Read over the Black Code of Mississippi from 1865, just after the end of the Civil War, and please address the following prompts:

Questions:

What restrictions are placed on African-Americans?
What is the Vagrancy Law designed to do?
How do we explain Section 7 of the Civil Rights of Freedmen?
What are the aims of Section 1 and Section 5 of the Penal Code?
How would you describe the social and legal position of ex-slaves immediately after the Civil War?
Has the war improved improved the lot of African Americans in its aftermath? If yes, then how, and if not, then why not?

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