Black Codes

3. someone who has no established residence (place to live) and wanders from place to place without lawful or visible means of support (employment)
5. had no source of income
10. One of the first states to pass the firsts black codes
12. a person or organization that employs people
14. An amount a money you have to pay for a crime you did.
15. The people that the black codes were discriminating against.
16. laws were passed that restricted what was legal for them to
18. that has been forbidden
19. How much a person is paid from their job.

1. those who were convicted of a crime in a state where convict lease laws existed (which were primarily in the South), could be forced to work for free.
2. these laws declared an African- American was a “vagrant” if they didn’t have a permanent and were unemployed.
4. President in support of Black Codes
6. the other state to pass the first black codes
7. a military force that is not part of a regular army
8. a supporter of the Confederate States of America.
9. State laws which discriminated against African-Americans
11. interests, powers, privileges, demands, or claims that are protected by law.
13. A different word for a job.
17. laws which would punish anyone who offered to pay an African-American, who was already under contract with another employer, a higher wage than what they were earning.