After the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery, some southern states passed “black codes.” What did these laws attempt to do?
a. Accommodate the needs of newly-freed slaves.
b. Make slavery legal again under certain circumstances.
c. Restrict the rights of former slaves and relegate them to second-class citizenship.
d. Restrict some rights of former slaves until a certain period of time had passed.
c. Restrict the rights of former slaves and relegate them to second-class citizenship.
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