Enacted after the Civil War, Black Codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedoms of African Americans and enforce racial hierarchy. Southern states used them to control labor, restrict movement, and suppress voting. White landowners and political elites primarily benefited, maintaining economic and social dominance until these codes were dismantled by federal civil rights legislation.
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