The Emergence of Jim Crow - America in Class
The Emergence of Jim Crow - America in Class
The Emergence of Jim Crow - America in Class
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Mississippi Black CodeVagrancy LawSection 1. Be it further enacted, that all freedmen, free Negroes, and mulattoes<strong>in</strong> this state over the age <strong>of</strong> eighteen years found on the second Monday <strong>in</strong>January 1866, or thereafter, with no lawful employment or bus<strong>in</strong>ess, or foundunlawfully assembl<strong>in</strong>g themselves together either <strong>in</strong> the day or nighttime, andall white persons so assembl<strong>in</strong>g with freedmen, free Negroes, or mulattoes, orusually associat<strong>in</strong>g with freedmen, free Negroes, or mulattoes on terms <strong>of</strong>equality, or liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> adultery or fornication with a freedwoman, free Negro, ormulatto, shall be deemed vagrants; and, on conviction there<strong>of</strong>, shall be f<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong>the sum <strong>of</strong> not exceed<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong> the case <strong>of</strong> a freedman, free Negro, or mulatto, 150,and a white man, $200, and imprisoned at the discretion <strong>of</strong> the court, the free Negronot exceed<strong>in</strong>g ten days, and the white man not exceed<strong>in</strong>g six months.Discussion Questions‣ What do they mean by this?‣ What k<strong>in</strong>d <strong>of</strong> system does this set up?‣ How are they sexualiz<strong>in</strong>g this k<strong>in</strong>d <strong>of</strong> control?america<strong>in</strong>class.org 15
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