The laws instituted by Southern States during Reconstruction to prevent African Americans from voting and later led to Jim Crow Laws were known as "Black Codes." These codes were enacted in the late 1860s and early 1870s and aimed to restrict the freedoms and rights of African Americans, particularly in the areas of voting, labor, and civil rights. Some of the specific provisions included poll taxes, literacy tests, property qualifications, and grandfather clauses, which effectively disenfranchised many African Americans and ensured white supremacist control in the Southern states. These discriminatory practices continued and intensified with the rise of the Jim Crow Laws in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, enforcing racial segregation and denying African Americans equal access to public facilities, education, and employment opportunities.
