Question

Vagrancy laws in the 1860s applied to the property

A.that African Americans were allowed to rent or own.
B.people who moved from place to place without regular homes or work.
C.the role of the planter aristocracy in Southern state legislatures.
D.voter registration rights for newly freed African Americans in the South.

Answer 1

Vagrancy laws in the 1860s targeted individuals without regular homes or work (option B), which in the post-Civil War South chiefly affected African Americans and allowed authorities to enforce labor under conditions reminiscent of slavery.

Step-by-step explanation:

Vagrancy laws in the 1860s applied to B. people who moved from place to place without regular homes or work. These laws were enacted by Southern states after the Civil War to exert control over African Americans' behavior and restrict their freedoms. Specifically, under these laws, if a person could not prove employment, they could be arrested and fined. In many instances, this legal framework allowed local authorities to force African Americans into labor, effectively creating a system similar to slavery.


Additionally, many Southern states designed Black codes during this period to further deny African Americans their rights, such as the ability to serve on juries or recognize their testimony against white individuals.