Question
9)
Base your answer on the section of the law quoted below and on your knowledge of s
studies.
Sec.2... All freedmen, free negroes and mulattoes . .. over the age of eighteen years
found .. with no lawful employment or business . . . and all white persons . .. usuall:
associating with freedmen, free negroes or mulattoes on terms of equality, . ., shall b
deemed vagrants, and on conviction thereof shall be fined . . . and imprisoned at the
discretion of the court....
-Mississippi Black Code
The principal purpose of this type of law was to
A)
maintain racial separation and support white supremacy
B)
expand economic opportunities for freedmen
C)
encourage formerly enslaved persons to seek skilled jobs
D)
establish universal suffrage
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Answer
A) maintain racial separation and support white supremacy