Consider a lawmaker in South Carolina after the Civil War. This individual just witnessed the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments by Congress and is now working with colleagues to pass laws that will limit the civil rights of African Americans and regulate their labor. What type of legislation is this lawmaker trying to pass in South Carolina?

A. Abolition codes
B. Black codes
C. Blockade laws
D. Jim Crow laws
E. Supremacy codes

Answer: B