The black codes were the laws passed by the Southern state legislatures to limit basic civil liberties and human rights of blacks in the 1865 and 1866. The term “black codes” was used most often to refer legislations passed by the Southern states and the end of Civil War to control the labor, migration, and other activities of newly slaves. These laws was also known as the “Jim Crow”. Jim Crow was represented as the black code was based on racism. Jim Crow was a characters in the minstrel show. He’s known as a white actress as a “black face” or “black makeup”. In the late 1865, Mississippi and South Caroline enacted the first black codes. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 which was the 14th amendment which was known as the “equal
