The North interpreted black codes as
A. a dangerous experiment by the South that could lead to social equality for blacks in the North.
B. a realistic solution by the South to the problems created by sudden emancipation.
C. evidence that the South sought to keep freedmen in an economically dependent and legally inferior status.
D. evidence that the South, by granting limited rights such as allowing jury service, was slowly accommodating to an improved status for former slaves.
Answer: C
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