Black Codes

the Black Codes was one of the first acts of the new southern regimes sanctioned by Jonhson. These laws were designed to regulate the affairs of the emancipated black, much as the slave statutes had done in pre-Civil War days. The first state to pass such a law like that was Mississippi in November of 1865 and the Black Codes in Mississippi were the harshest while in Georgia they were the nost lenient. Most importantly, the Black Codes aimed to ensure a stable and subservient labor force. The Black Codes also sought to restore as nearly as possible the pre-emancipatoin system of race relations. As a result of the Black Codes freedom was legally recognized but it still forbade blacks  to serve on a jury.

The Black Codes made an ugly impression in the North.