Answer:
could only live and work in certain places.
Step-by-step explanation:
Following the slave economy, Black codes were the oppressive and racist laws that criminalized African Americans and laid the groundwork for Jim Crow. Blacks have been plagued by the myth that they were disproportionately vulnerable to violence. The codes violated blacks' rights extensively and operated to trap them in a slave-like life. Violating one of the Black Codes necessitated fines for criminals.xUnder these laws all African-Americans whether convicts or not were subject to curfews laid down by their local authorities.