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"(They) must make annual contracts for their labor in writing; if they should run away from their tasks, they forfeited their wages for the year. Whenever it was required of them they must present licenses (in a town from the mayor; elsewhere from a member of the board of police of the beat) citing their places of residence and authorizing them to work."

This passage from 1865 is part of a series of rules immediately after the Civil War that were known as
Responses
A Black Codes.Black Codes.
B Jim Crow laws.Jim Crow laws.
C the South Carolina constitution.the South Carolina constitution.
D the Charter of the Ku Klux Klan.

Answer 1

A. Black Codes.