Black Codes were laws that were brought about in the South around 1865 to limit the freedom of black people (Alchin). These limitations include permission to travel, segregation, and limited choice in employment. The purpose of Black Codes was to reacquire control over recently freed slaves, inhibit their freedom, and avoid black uprisings (Alchin). According to the Fourteenth Amendment, the recently freed slaves were citizens of the United States, so by introducing the Black Codes, they were contradicting the rights granted to African Americans. That is, until the Reconstruction Act of 1867 came about. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 made it mandatory that all Southern states granted equal protection of the Constitution to former slaves by
