What were the codes?
How did they affect America?
During the Reconstruction era (1865-1877), a lot of southern states still wanted the freed slaves to be a labor force. They were forced to pay those contracts, which still kept them in their labor jobs. This affected America because, people were still unjust to the African Americans. The codes led to creation of Jim Crow Laws as well, which weren't eradicated until the end of the Civil Rights movement.