History B Schools History Project GCSE
Black Codes
What Black Codes means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Black Codes
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Laws introduced by Southern states to control the labour and movement of freedmen.
Topics that use Black Codes
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Using Black Codes in the exam
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