Answer: Jim Crow laws were state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. Enacted after the Civil War. Also known as 'neo-slavery' or 'Slavery by another name', these laws imposed racial discrimination and the ability to prosecute black people over small inconvenient matters, this also was responsible for many false convictions against black people, many would be unlawfully sent to prison and be used once again as slaves. During this time white people still held a huge monopoly over black people.