Black Code

Japanese: ブラック･コード（英語表記）Black Code

Black regulation laws were enacted in the United States after the Civil War. They were enacted in the former Confederate states of the United States between 1865 and 1866 as a response to the chaos that followed the emancipation of slaves in the South, to determine the social status of freed slaves. The content of the regulations varied, but they bound blacks to work for their former masters through vagrancy laws and apprenticeship laws, restricted their freedom of movement and freedom to choose their occupation, denied them the right to vote, and imposed severe restrictions on testimony in court and on property ownership. Intermarriage with whites was also strictly prohibited.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

南北戦争後のアメリカで制定された黒人規制法。旧アメリカ南部連合諸州において，奴隷解放後の混乱への南部側の対応として，解放奴隷の社会的地位を策定すべく1865年から66年にかけて制定された。規制の内容は多様であるが，浮浪者取締法や徒弟法によって黒人を旧主人のもとでの労働に縛りつけ，移動の自由や職業選択の自由を規制し，投票権を与えず，法廷での証言や財産の所有権に厳しい制限を課した。また白人との通婚は厳しく禁じられた。

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