What can be inferred by the passage of the black codes?(1 point)

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Responses

Many southerners were willing to allow African Americans equality.
Many southerners were willing to allow African Americans equality.

Many white Southerners wanted African American to remain as servants.
Many white Southerners wanted African American to remain as servants.

Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to receive an equal education.
Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to receive an equal education.

Southern lawmakers wanted “separate but equal” rights.

Answer 1

The most accurate inference that can be drawn from the passage of the Black Codes is:

Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to remain as servants.

The Black Codes were laws passed in the South after the Civil War aimed at controlling the labor and behavior of African Americans, effectively instituting a system of racial subordination and ensuring that they remained in a subordinate economic and social position.