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title: "After the Civil War, how did Southern state legislatures attempt to restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons?"  
description: "After the Civil War, how did Southern state legislatures attempt to restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons?"  
author: "agustina johnson"  
published: 2018-03-11  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39830/after-the-civil-war-how-did-southern-state-legislatures-attempt-to-restrict-the-rights-of-formerly-enslaved-persons  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# After the Civil War, how did Southern state legislatures attempt to restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons?

After the [Civil War](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51320/what-problems-did-the-south-have-after-the-civil-war), how did Southern [state legislatures](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/101709/how-are-state-legislatures-formed-in-india-and-what-is-their-role) attempt to restrict the [rights](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41927/what-did-the-declaration-of-rights-and-the-oliv-branch-petition-have-in-common) of formerly enslaved persons?


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