Event Time What happened? Similarities/Contrasts Pictures Period Black After the Civil War, Black codes and Codes Southern states passed the slave laws are similar and slave Black Codes to restrict the to the Jim Crow laws laws freedom of the now in that the objective liberated blacks and keep of each was to restrict them in an eternal state of blacks from ever poverty and labor. being fully integrated into society and Previously, other slave gaining equality. codes were also prevalent in the US such as the Unlike the Black Fugitive Slave Law (which Codes and slave laws, dealt with runaway slaves) , however, the Jim permitting unfair and cruel Crow laws claimed to treatment to blacks. mantain a “separate but equal” status for Examples of such laws blacks, but of course slave these laws only ended include, “Any attempting to run away and up highlighting the leave the colony receives discrimination and the death penalty. Slaves segregation towards areforbidden to leave the blacks and allowing owner's property, unless the unjustified accompanied by a white treatment of blacks, -1712 South as the other slave person” Carolina slave code laws did. Race Atlanta Riot (1906) During this time Riots occurred due to the rising period, the Jim Crow status of blacks, who were laws were instilled exercising their right to and this led to further vote and building their own tensions between communities. A black elite blacks and whites. class formed, which sought Whites asserted their to separate itself from the superiority and often lower black class, whose punished blacks for unemployed men frequently disobeying one of the visited the saloons on laws. Their Atlanta's Decatur Street. punishments involved Whites, who felt threatened whipping or beating, by the black elite, began to which often led to blame crime rates and riots, and for bigger sexual violence against misdemeanors, white woman on those whites would lynch black men and one day (shoot or hang), the when four such alleged black in question in cases were reported on, public. white men and boys black flooded Atlanta’s
Event Time Period What happened? Similarities/Contrasts Pictures Black Codes and slave laws After the Civil War, Southern states passed the Black Codes to restrict the freedom of the now liberated blacks and keep them in an eternal state of poverty and labor. Previously, other slave codes were also prevalent in the US such as the Fugitive Slave Law (which dealt with runaway slaves) , permitting unfair and cruel treatment to blacks. Examples of such laws include, “Any slave attempting to run away and leave the colony receives the death penalty. Slaves areforbidden to leave the owner's property, unless accompanied by a white person” -1712 South Carolina slave code Black codes and slave laws are similar to the Jim Crow laws in that the objective of each was to restrict blacks from ever being fully integrated into society and gaining equality. Unlike the Black Codes and slave laws, however, the Jim Crow laws claimed to mantain a “separate but equal” status for blacks, but of course these laws only ended up highlighting the discrimination and segregation towards blacks and allowing the unjustified treatment of blacks, as the other slave laws did. Race Riots Atlanta Riot (1906) occurred due to the rising status of blacks, who were exercising their right to vote and building their own communities. A black elite class formed, which sought to separate itself from the lower black class, whose unemployed men frequently visited the saloons on Atlanta's Decatur Street. Whites, who felt threatened by the black elite, began to blame crime rates and sexual violence against white woman on those black men and one day when four such alleged cases were reported on, white men and boys flooded Atlanta’s black During this time period, the Jim Crow laws were instilled and this led to further tensions between blacks and whites. Whites asserted their superiority and often punished blacks for disobeying one of the laws. Their punishments involved whipping or beating, which often led to riots, and for bigger misdemeanors, whites would lynch (shoot or hang), the black in question in public.
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