black+codeskm

= the south had passed laws called black codes. this law was made to keep blacks in a similar condition to slavery. African/Americans had to do annual labor in the south, and if they did not do there annual labor, they could be arrested. latter the back codes was extinguished with the passage of the fourteenth amendment that states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." so it means that if you are born in the United States, you are a U.S citizen. =