<I>Laws of the State of Mississippi, Passed at a Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature; Held in the City of Jackson, October, November and December, 1865.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1866
name: label: Published by
content: J. J. Shannon & Co., State Printers, American
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content: An 8vo, 509 page complete printing of the laws passed by the Mississippi legislature October - December 1865. The volume has a light blue cover with printed label reading [MISSISSIPPI / LAWS / OCT. - DEC. 1865] at center. The title page is missing. Contents include the legislation commonly known as "Black Codes," listed in the index as "An act to confer civil rights on freedmen, and for other purposes; to be entitled an act to regulate the relationship of master and apprentice as relates to free men, free negroes and mulattos; to amend the vagrant laws of the state." Printed in Jackson, Mississippi by J.J. Shannon, State Printers, 1866.
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content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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content: American South
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content: Civil Rights
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content: Law
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content: Race discrimination
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content: Race relations
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content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
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content: Segregation
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content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
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content: Books and Published Materials
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content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.46.10
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content: Public domain
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content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 × 5 1/4 × 1 in. (20.3 × 13.3 × 2.5 cm)