How did the black codes inhibit the progress of frees slaves?

The Black Codes were an extension of the Slave Codes. These codes were used to restrict the movement of fee African Americans. They set limits on movement, established curfews and largely curtailed the social, political and economic progress of African Americans. They were designed to limit interaction between free and enslaved. They were also used to prohibit speech and assembly and discourage slave rebellion.

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the punishment for breaking the law would depend on the conditions or the seriousness of the law being broken, if he or she breaks the law while doing some great discovery or invention then it would classify as a scientific fraud. there are other words to describe the crime but scientific fraud would be the harshest one.