The wrong person gets elected and could lead to unwanted fights, drama, destruction, people would outrage.
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Explanation:
Land needed to be cleared for farming,and since deforestation is already a problem.
Restrict voting--use of Literacy Tests and the Grandfather Clause
Labor contracts--keep former slaves in the fields to continue plantation labor
Maintain social hierarchy--punished those who paid blacks more for work as well as laws to control where blacks could live.
The Black Codes were a way to maintain social, political, and economic hierarchy with whites on top while moving from a slave system.
