Talullah Blanco Black Codes Deborah

 
This is the Act of the General Assumbly of the Colony of Connecticut, May Session of 1730. It talks about the punishment of slaves.



Be it enacted by the Governor, Council and Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That if any Negro, Indian, or Molatto slave shall utter, publish and speak such words of any person that would by law be actionable if the same were uttered, published or spoken by any free person of any other, such Negro, Indian or Molatto slave, being thereof convicted before any one justice of the peace, (who are hereby empowered to hear and determine the same,) shall be punished by whipping, at the discretion of the assistant or justice before whom the tryal is, (respect being had to the circumstances of the case,) not exceeeding forty stripes. And the said slave, so convict, shall be sold to defray all charges arising thereby, unless the same be by his or their master or mistress paid and answered.
Provided nevertheless, That such Negro, Indian or Molatto slave be not debarred from making such pleas, and offering such evidences in his or their defense or justification on such tryal; as any other person might make use of, being sued in an action of defamation, so far as relates to the tryal before the justice; anything above to the contrary notwithstanding.


 
This is a certificate of freedom that you need to have in order to move out of the state of Illinois along with 1,000 dollar fine.



This is a picture of John Jones talking about the repeal of Illinois' Black Codes in 1865

This is a list of Black Codes in Georgia

This is an example of the later segregation of African Americans and Whites created by the Jim Crow Laws