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1)What were the Black Codes like for African Americans?

2)In the southern states, what was the true gain for freedmen after the civil war?
answer if you know plz

User Ramesh S
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1) Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.
2) Africans Americans were able to go to school and kinda live normal but still was treated horrible
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