Question

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

Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to remain as servants.

Explanation: The Black Codes restricted freedpeople’s rights (movement, labor contracts, vagrancy laws) to keep them tied to low-wage labor and social subordination, not to grant equality.