The South Carolina Black Code and its legacy

<p> In December 1865 the South Carolina State Legislature ratified a series of laws designed to control the social and economic futures of the freedpeople. Informally known as the Black Code, South Carolina&rsquo;s white leadership claimed these laws protected blacks from their own naivet&...

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Main Author: McIntyre, Larry
Language:EN
Published: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2016
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Online Access:http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10117988