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To what extent were the civil rights of African Americans in the South protected after the Civil War

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Answer:Once the Civil War ended slavery was abolished and black people were given rights. However, people in the south thought otherwise. After the civil war, slavery returned in the form of convict leasing, blacks lost rights again, and were arrested for petty crimes.

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