No Other Dakota
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The 1740 Act focused on three pillars of suppression:
•Literacy: Writing was banned to stop communication.
•Culture: Drums/horns were illegal (no coded messages).
•Movement: No travel without a written pass.
The goal? Prevent another uprising by ensuring total control. (cont)
•Literacy: Writing was banned to stop communication.
•Culture: Drums/horns were illegal (no coded messages).
•Movement: No travel without a written pass.
The goal? Prevent another uprising by ensuring total control. (cont)
January 18, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The 1740 Act focused on three pillars of suppression:
•Literacy: Writing was banned to stop communication.
•Culture: Drums/horns were illegal (no coded messages).
•Movement: No travel without a written pass.
The goal? Prevent another uprising by ensuring total control. (cont)
•Literacy: Writing was banned to stop communication.
•Culture: Drums/horns were illegal (no coded messages).
•Movement: No travel without a written pass.
The goal? Prevent another uprising by ensuring total control. (cont)
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Fast forward 125 years to 1865. Slavery is abolished via the 13th Amendment. But Southern legislatures immediately looked back at the 1740 logic to create the Black Codes. It was a new name, but same goal: controlling Black labor and movement. (cont)
www.thecollector.com/black-codes/
www.thecollector.com/black-codes/
The Black Codes That Controlled the Freedmen’s Lives | TheCollector
The Black Codes were laws passed after the Civil War in the South that stripped African Americans of freedom, turning criminality into legal slavery.
www.thecollector.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Fast forward 125 years to 1865. Slavery is abolished via the 13th Amendment. But Southern legislatures immediately looked back at the 1740 logic to create the Black Codes. It was a new name, but same goal: controlling Black labor and movement. (cont)
www.thecollector.com/black-codes/
www.thecollector.com/black-codes/
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This wasn't just about jobs; it was about legal standing. Like the 1740 Act, the Black Codes banned Black people from testifying against White people or serving on juries. The law was used to keep one group "above" another.
The Black Codes evolved into Jim Crow. (cont)
eji.org/news/history...
The Black Codes evolved into Jim Crow. (cont)
eji.org/news/history...
Jim Crow Laws
eji.org
January 18, 2026 at 1:48 PM
This wasn't just about jobs; it was about legal standing. Like the 1740 Act, the Black Codes banned Black people from testifying against White people or serving on juries. The law was used to keep one group "above" another.
The Black Codes evolved into Jim Crow. (cont)
eji.org/news/history...
The Black Codes evolved into Jim Crow. (cont)
eji.org/news/history...
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Why does this matter today? Because it shows how legal "logic" persists. When one system of control ended, the architecture of the 1740 Act was recycled into the Black Codes, then Jim Crow.
History isn't just back then—it's the foundation of now.
True story.✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
#KeepItWoke
#DedicatedToTam✡️🕊
History isn't just back then—it's the foundation of now.
True story.✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
#KeepItWoke
#DedicatedToTam✡️🕊
January 18, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Why does this matter today? Because it shows how legal "logic" persists. When one system of control ended, the architecture of the 1740 Act was recycled into the Black Codes, then Jim Crow.
History isn't just back then—it's the foundation of now.
True story.✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
#KeepItWoke
#DedicatedToTam✡️🕊
History isn't just back then—it's the foundation of now.
True story.✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
#KeepItWoke
#DedicatedToTam✡️🕊