The Christian Black Codes of 1724  

Black codes were laws that restricted the freedom and movement of Black people and forced them to 
work for low wages. Though they existed before the Civil War throughout the U.S., most of these laws 
were passed in the South from 1865–1866. Below are some examples of Black codes from one state.  
As you review them, note what freedoms each law was trying to limit or take away.

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1777 in the United States

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The Negro Law of South Carolina (1848) is a historical document that provides an in-depth look at the legal system and social structure of South Carolina during the mid-19th century. It focuses on the laws and regulations that governed the lives of African Americans in the state at the time.

1. Negro Act of 1740
2. South Carolina Passes Negro Act of 1740, Codifying White Supremacy
3. Slave Codes 1690-1865
4. Colonial period of South Carolina

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The Negro Law of South Carolina (1848)

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Abraham Lincoln Defends 1855

INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS VOL.  NO. 10 ABRAHAM LINCOLN LAWYER BY CHARLES W. MOORES 1910-1922

In 1855, William Dungey of Clinton, Illinois, hired Abraham Lincoln to bring a slander suit against his brother-in-law, Joseph Spencer. The feud between them escalated when Spencer publically claimed that Dungey was “a negro”¹².

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Moors and the Case of William Dungey

Dread Scott (Wikipedia)                   

Dred Scott v. Sandford 1856 (Legal Dictionary)

Dread Scott V. Sanford 1865 (Justia US Supreme Court)

The term “Dred Scott” means a naturalized person that still does not know the name of their original distinct Country or nationality after being Naturalized or Colonized.

• Q: Are you Dred Scott by definition??
• A: Yes, if you have failed to choose between the entire submission to the Laws of the Empire of Morocco’s Constitution by absolute allegiance and renunciation of American Citizenship.

The Human factor of History: Dred Scott and Roger B. Taney (Smithsonian) 1887

• Roger B. Taney (Wikipedia) 

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Roger B. Taney Chief Justice of the Supreme Court - The Dred Scott Decision March 6, 1857 (YouTube)

The Dread Scott Decision March 6, 1857

Harriet Robinson Scott

Samuel A. Cartwright

Drapetomania

Engraving of an escaped slave, published in 1837

Cartwright described the disorder—which, he said, was "unknown to our medical authorities, although its diagnostic symptom, the absconding from service, is well known to our planters and overseers"^[9]—in a paper delivered before the Medical Association of Louisiana^[7]: 291 that was widely reprinted.

He stated that the malady was a consequence of masters who "made themselves too familiar with [slaves], treating them as equals".^[11]

If treated kindly, well fed and clothed, with fuel enough to keep a small fire burning all night—separated into families, each family having its own house—not permitted to run about at night to visit their neighbors, to receive visits or use intoxicating liquors, and not overworked or exposed too much to the weather, they are very easily governed—more so than any other people in the world. If any one or more of them, at any time, are inclined to raise their heads to a level with their master or overseer, humanity and their own good requires that they should be punished until they fall into that submissive state which was intended for them to occupy. They have only to be kept in that state, and treated like children to prevent and cure them from running away.^[12]

In Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race, Cartwright says that the Bible calls for a slave to be submissive to his master, and by doing so, the slave will have no desire to run away:^[9]

If the white man attempts to oppose the Deity's will, by trying to make the negro anything else than "the submissive knee-bender" (which the Almighty declared he should be), by trying to raise him to a level with himself, or by putting himself on an equality with the negro; or if he abuses the power which God has given him over his fellow-man, by being cruel to him, or punishing him in anger, or by neglecting to protect him from the wanton abuses of his fellow-servants and all others, or by denying him the usual comforts and necessaries of life, the negro will run away; but if he keeps him in the position that we learn from the Scriptures he was intended to occupy, that is, the position of submission; and if his master or overseer be kind and gracious in his bearing towards him, without condescension, and at the same time ministers to his physical wants, and protects him from abuses, the negro is spell-bound, and cannot run away.

In addition to identifying drapetomania, his feeling was that with "proper medical advice, strictly followed, this troublesome practice that many Negroes have of running away can be almost entirely prevented".^[9] In the case of slaves "sulky and dissatisfied without cause"—a warning sign of imminent flight—Cartwright mentioned "whipping the devil out of them" as a "preventative measure".^{[7]: 35 [13][14]}

^Blackamoor

^{For more information on this case please see: AMPAC Study Session 165} 

Right of protection in Morocco (Treaty of Madrid 1880)

Treaty of Madrid (1880) - Wikipedia

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AMPAG - Right of Protection in Morocco 1880

Citizenship of the United States, expatriation, and protection abroad 1906

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General Act of Algeciras 1906

The Act was the outcome of the Algeciras Conference, held from January 16 to April 7, 1906, in Algeciras, Spain. It aimed to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis, a diplomatic standoff between France and Germany over influence in Morocco

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Berlin 1885

Algeciras 1906

How Europe Battle over Morocco 1906

American History 1906

AMPAG Act of Algeciras chs. I & II

AMPAG Act of Algeciras chs. IV & V