MISSISSIPPI

This was passed after the Civil War had ended---during Reconstruction. Many states had similar laws until the Supreme Court challenges to them in the latter half of the 20th century.

Slaves could not own property in most of Southern America. The Greeks, the Romans, the ancient Germans, the Poles, the Portuguese, the Spanish and the French had provided, both by law and by custom, for the possession of property by the slave, which could, not be seized by his master. This is another sense in which American slavery was even worse than most slavery had been.

There were some Southern Apologists who during the Jim Crow era and even into modern times, argued that slavery and the desire to maintain that was a minor cause of the Civil War but succession came about over differences in philosophy of government. This document by Mississippi made it perfectly clear why they favored succession: Slavery and their desire to maintain that institution.

This was passed after the Civil War had ended---during Reconstruction. It in effect gave the local authorities control of all Blacks. Those who did not have a home, and few owned land to have one, had to have a job certified to be a white or the Negro could be arrested as a vagrant. But to get the job, they had to agree to whatever terms were offered, usually by their old slave masters.

The other Southern States had similar legal principles while still maintaining the hypocrisy that their legal system was grounded on Christian morality.

It was commonly asked of Blacks applying to register. There are few people who could give a cogent response to this. What made it terrible was that the white racist registrars had the unilateral authority to determine whether or not the oral response was adequate. Recording of responses were prohibited so that no Black who was disenfranchised could ever appeal when he/she was rejected. This is one of the thousands of techniques that were used throughout the South to prevent Negro voting. They were so egregious that Lyndon Johnson was abe to force through Southern filibusters The Voting Rights Act which has eliminated the worst of the racist restrictions on Black voting. As the worst of the racist white generation has died off, Southern discrimination in voting has lessened and the situation is better each year. By 2012 there were some who claimed that the law was no longer necessary do to changes in attitude and practice, but others worried that if there were no longer any forms of discrimination in voting, why some wanted to repeal the Voting Rights Act.

There were some Southern Apologists who during the Jim Crow era and even into modern times, argued that slavery and the desire to maintain that was a minor cause of the Civil War but succession came about over differences in philosophy of government. This document by Mississippi made it perfectly clear why they favored succession: Slavery and their desire to maintain that institution.

Slaves could not own property in most of Southern America. The Greeks, the Romans, the ancient Germans, the Poles, the Portuguese, the Spanish and the French had provided, both by law and by custom, for the possession of property by the slave, which could, not be seized by his master. This is another sense in which American slavery was even worse than most slavery had been.

The other Southern States had similar legal principles while still maintaining the hypocrisy that their legal system was grounded on Christian morality.

This was passed after the Civil War had ended---during Reconstruction. Many states had similar laws until the Supreme Court challenges to them in the latter half of the 20th century.

This was passed after the Civil War had ended---during Reconstruction. It in effect gave the local authorities control of all Blacks. Those who did not have a home, and few owned land to have one, had to have a job certified to be a white or the Negro could be arrested as a vagrant. But to get the job, they had to agree to whatever terms were offered, usually by their old slave masters.

It was commonly asked of Blacks applying to register. There are few people who could give a cogent response to this. What made it terrible was that the white racist registrars had the unilateral authority to determine whether or not the oral response was adequate. Recording of responses were prohibited so that no Black who was disenfranchised could ever appeal when he/she was rejected. This is one of the thousands of techniques that were used throughout the South to prevent Negro voting. They were so egregious that Lyndon Johnson was abe to force through Southern filibusters The Voting Rights Act which has eliminated the worst of the racist restrictions on Black voting. As the worst of the racist white generation has died off, Southern discrimination in voting has lessened and the situation is better each year. By 2012 there were some who claimed that the law was no longer necessary do to changes in attitude and practice, but others worried that if there were no longer any forms of discrimination in voting, why some wanted to repeal the Voting Rights Act.