What were black codes?

1

Blacks could not vote

2

Blacks could not testify against white

3

Blacks could not be on a jury.

4.

Blacks could not handle weapons

5

Blacks could not enter any work other than farming without permission

Six

Blacks could not enter city limits without a pass from their employer

Seven

Blacks could not quit a job before their contract was up

Eight

Blacks cannot buy rent farmland

Nine

Blacks cannot have marriages to white people

10

Blacks had no schools

11

Blacks had curfew

12

If you did not have a home or a job, you would be arrested and hired out to whoever would Pay your Fine