Published by
J. J. Shannon & Co., State Printers, American
Date
1866
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
H x W x D: 8 × 5 1/4 × 1 in. (20.3 × 13.3 × 2.5 cm)
Description
An 8vo, 509 page complete printing of the laws passed by the Mississippi legislature October - December 1865. The volume has a light blue cover with printed label reading [MISSISSIPPI / LAWS / OCT. - DEC. 1865] at center. The title page is missing. Contents include the legislation commonly known as "Black Codes," listed in the index as "An act to confer civil rights on freedmen, and for other purposes; to be entitled an act to regulate the relationship of master and apprentice as relates to free men, free negroes and mulattos; to amend the vagrant laws of the state." Printed in Jackson, Mississippi by J.J. Shannon, State Printers, 1866.
Transcription Center Status
Transcription Available
Place depicted
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Books and Published Materials
Type
codes (regulations)
Topic
American South
Civil rights
Law
Race discrimination
Race relations
Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
Segregation
Slavery
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2012.46.10
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd588660cc1-3410-4606-92a9-0e8461df8247

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