1. The New Jim Crow
The southern slave owning states made it clear that they did not want the federal government to interfere with their ability to own slaves. Therefore the Constitution was structured to allow the caste system of slavery to not only continue, but also gave the stamp of approval of slavery from the newly formed government (Alexander, 25). ... They consisted of a list of laws that set up a peonage similar to that of slavery. Furthermore, to set an example, nine southern states adopted vagrancy laws. ... However, these Amendments turned out to be false promises when the government stopped protectin...
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