After liberation, Southern white governments looked to apply
prewar Black Codes by composing them into their state constitutions. These codes were
prejudicial in that they connected equity unevenly in the middle of blacks and whites. Free
blacks of the prewar period got harsher sentences for comparable violations. So it was
to be for the freedmen unless the Bureau mediated. Right on time in the military occupation,
the armed force set up military courts to attempt genuine offenses and executive courts for less genuine
wrongdoings. The Freedmen's Bureau additionally set up its own provisional three-man courts.
While blacks endured more serious disciplines in the military and executive courts,
they had a tendency to get more pleasant
prewar Black Codes by composing them into their state constitutions. These codes were
prejudicial in that they connected equity unevenly in the middle of blacks and whites. Free
blacks of the prewar period got harsher sentences for comparable violations. So it was
to be for the freedmen unless the Bureau mediated. Right on time in the military occupation,
the armed force set up military courts to attempt genuine offenses and executive courts for less genuine
wrongdoings. The Freedmen's Bureau additionally set up its own provisional three-man courts.
While blacks endured more serious disciplines in the military and executive courts,
they had a tendency to get more pleasant