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Black Code
[ blak kohd ]
noun
, U.S. History.
- (in the ex-Confederate states) any code of law that defined and especially limited the rights of formerly enslaved African Americans in the period immediately following the Civil War.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Black Code1
First recorded in 1745–50
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Example Sentences
It is on account of Slavery, with the Black Code, which is its offspring.
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To govern them, in 1724 a set of laws known as the Black Code was promulgated by the governor.
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Spanish law was installed, although the French Black Code was retained.
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Slavery and the Black Code were not to obtain license under any such terms.
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When I came to Indiana to reside the unfriendly black code was in force.
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