2.1 - Vagrancy Laws, The Black Codes, & Convict Leasing.
star
star
star
star
star
Last updated over 3 years ago
11 questions
1
1) Google Search "Vagrancy Laws In America2) Click on "Images"3) Upload a photo that fits the description of what we talked about yesterday4) Describe what is happening in the photo
1) Google Search "Vagrancy Laws In America
2) Click on "Images"
3) Upload a photo that fits the description of what we talked about yesterday
4) Describe what is happening in the photo
1
1) Approximately what year do you think this photo was taken? 2) Describe what is happening in the photo.3) What stands out to you the most about the photo?
1) Approximately what year do you think this photo was taken?
2) Describe what is happening in the photo.
3) What stands out to you the most about the photo?
1
Define the following terms :
1) The Confederacy :
2) State Legislature :
3) Criminalize :
4) Labor contract :
5) Vagrant :
6) Negate :
7) 1866 Civil Rights Act :
8) 13th Amendment :
9) 14th Amendment :
10) Statute :
Define the following terms :
1) The Confederacy :
2) State Legislature :
3) Criminalize :
4) Labor contract :
5) Vagrant :
6) Negate :
7) 1866 Civil Rights Act :
8) 13th Amendment :
9) 14th Amendment :
10) Statute :
1
Historical Context: Black Codes, and Vagrancy Laws
After the Civil War ended slavery in the United States, the same Southerners who led the Confederacy initially controlled Southern State legislatures, where they sought new ways to maintain control over Black people’s lives and labor. By the fall of 1865, most Southern state legislatures passed a series of laws known as Black Codes, which severely restricted the freedom of Black people living in the South. According to historian Khalil Muhammad:The black codes, for all intents and purposes, criminalized every form of African American freedom and mobility, political power, economic power, except the one thing [they] didn't criminalize was the right to work for a white man on a white man's terms.
These laws required all Black people, whether free or enslaved before the Civil War, to sign annual labor contracts with white employers. If they did not, or if they did not fulfill the terms of these contracts, they would be deemed vagrants and fined or imprisoned. While Black Codes were negated by the 1866 Civil Rights Act and 14th Amendment during Reconstruction, similar laws targeting Black Americans were enacted as the Reconstruction period ended. New vagrancy laws once again criminalized unemployment, and other statutes allowed for harsh punishments for even the most minor crimes. These laws were enforced in racially biased ways, as the police and judicial system targeted Black Americans.
1) Why is it significant that The Confedarcy controlled Southern State Legislatures?
2) Why do you think that local law enforcement were able to ignore the 1866 Civll Rights Act & 14th Amendment?
Historical Context: Black Codes, and Vagrancy Laws
After the Civil War ended slavery in the United States, the same Southerners who led the Confederacy initially controlled Southern State legislatures, where they sought new ways to maintain control over Black people’s lives and labor. By the fall of 1865, most Southern state legislatures passed a series of laws known as Black Codes, which severely restricted the freedom of Black people living in the South. According to historian Khalil Muhammad:
The black codes, for all intents and purposes, criminalized every form of African American freedom and mobility, political power, economic power, except the one thing [they] didn't criminalize was the right to work for a white man on a white man's terms.
These laws required all Black people, whether free or enslaved before the Civil War, to sign annual labor contracts with white employers. If they did not, or if they did not fulfill the terms of these contracts, they would be deemed vagrants and fined or imprisoned. While Black Codes were negated by the 1866 Civil Rights Act and 14th Amendment during Reconstruction, similar laws targeting Black Americans were enacted as the Reconstruction period ended. New vagrancy laws once again criminalized unemployment, and other statutes allowed for harsh punishments for even the most minor crimes. These laws were enforced in racially biased ways, as the police and judicial system targeted Black Americans.
1) Why is it significant that The Confedarcy controlled Southern State Legislatures?
2) Why do you think that local law enforcement were able to ignore the 1866 Civll Rights Act & 14th Amendment?
1
- The Civil War ended in April 1865, and by the fall of that year most Southern state legislatures passed a series of laws known as Black Codes, which severely restricted the freedom of Black people living in the South.
- Black Codes were negated by the Civil Rights Act, passed by Congress in 1866, and 14th Amendment, ratified by the states in 1868, during the Reconstruction era.
- As Reconstruction ended in the late 1870s, new laws targeting Black Americans were enacted in many states. For example, vagrancy laws once again criminalized unemployment and other statutes allowed for harsh punishments for even the most minor crimes.
- The Civil War ended in April 1865, and by the fall of that year most Southern state legislatures passed a series of laws known as Black Codes, which severely restricted the freedom of Black people living in the South.
- Black Codes were negated by the Civil Rights Act, passed by Congress in 1866, and 14th Amendment, ratified by the states in 1868, during the Reconstruction era.
- As Reconstruction ended in the late 1870s, new laws targeting Black Americans were enacted in many states. For example, vagrancy laws once again criminalized unemployment and other statutes allowed for harsh punishments for even the most minor crimes.
1
What does Henry Louis Gates mean by "pipeline from prisons to profits?"
What does Henry Louis Gates mean by "pipeline from prisons to profits?"
1
Why is convict leasing better for Slave Owners in her opinion?
Why is convict leasing better for Slave Owners in her opinion?
1
What is the benefit of "filling the system" as Muhammad puts it?
What is the benefit of "filling the system" as Muhammad puts it?
1
What were the goals of convict leasing?
What were the goals of convict leasing?
1
The 14th amendment __________slavery in the United States. The 13th Amendment provided a __________that Southern States used to essentially reinstate slavery legally by creating__________that created a system of __________
1
1) Research the Sugarland Texas.2) What companies or people owned sugar farms there?3) What do you think would be an appropriate action to rectify or restore this situation regarding the Sugarland 95 found in 2018?
1) Research the Sugarland Texas.
2) What companies or people owned sugar farms there?
3) What do you think would be an appropriate action to rectify or restore this situation regarding the Sugarland 95 found in 2018?