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

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Many white Southerners were willing to allow African Americans equality.
Many white Southerners were willing to allow African Americans equality.

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

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

Southern lawmakers wanted "separate but equal" rights.

Answer 1

The correct inference from the passage of the black codes is:

Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to remain as servants.

The black codes were designed to restrict the freedom of African Americans and maintain a system of racial subordination, reflecting the desire of many white Southerners to keep African Americans in a position of servitude and inferiority.