What was the main implication behind Black Codes?
A) Southerners were willing to allow African Americans legal equality.
B) Southerners wanted African Americans to return to positions of servitude.
C) Southerners were interested in improving the education of the freedmen.
D) The freedmen would be allowed to vote and participate in the political process.
E) The idea of "separate but equal" was unconstitutional and would not be allowed.

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The main implication behind Black Codes was to limit the rights of African Americans, enforce their return to positions of servitude (through forced labor laws), and maintain white supremacy in the South. They were not interested in legal equality or allowing the freedmen to participate in the political process. The concept of "separate but equal" was not yet established and would not be challenged until later.

What Was the Main Implication Behind Black Codes