... for pitiful wages. In addition to the economic plight of blacks, former Confederate officials once again took over the legislature of the South and created new Francois 2 laws to accommodate their bigotry and racism. Among these new laws were the hated Black Codes, basically a legalized reinstitution of slavery. These Codes helped to provide a relatively permanent and cheap labor supply by limiting the ... . Many jobless blacks were picked up for vagrancy and forced to work off their fines by picking cotton once again. Potential black voters were often turned away at the ballot box for n...

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