The Black Codes maintained white supremacy in the southern United States and prevented "freed" African Americans from learning to read and assembling. They also punished vagrants by law, segregated public facilities, and determined the one-drop rule. Additionally, the Black Codes tightly regulated the labor of African-Americans.
It was a way of countering their newly acquired rights after they were granted their freedom.
Factories and Farms were producing more goods than the people could afford to buy. As a result, prices fell, factories closed and workers were laid off.
