English Explanatory Dictionary

Black Law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any one of a series of laws, passed before the American Civil War, sharply discriminating against free blacks who wished to emigrate to a northern state and become citizens there.

Word forms

Black Law Black Laws

Synonyms

Black Code
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