The intent of the jim crow laws is: To segregate and disenfranchise black Americans.
Semantics is the study of word meanings.
It is one part of linguistics, other being syntax: the study of sentence structure, phonology and phonetics: the study of sounds, morphology: the study of word structures and pragmatics: the study of actual use of language.
Food, unite, and building of villages and cotiesthe presence of rivers, surplus of food and building of villages and cities