What can be inferred by the passage of the black codes?

Question

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Responses

Many southerners were willing to allow African Americans equality.

Many white Southerners wanted African American to remain as servants.

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

Southern lawmakers wanted “separate but equal” rights.

Answer 1

Based on the passage of the black codes, it can be inferred that:

Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to remain as servants.

The black codes were laws aimed at controlling the labor and behavior of African Americans after the Civil War, suggesting a desire to maintain a system of racial hierarchy and subjugation.