Vagrancy laws in the 1860s applied to

A. the property that African Americans were allowed to rent or own.

B. people who moved from place to place without regular homes or work.

C. the role of the planter aristocracy in Southern state legislatures.

D. voter registration rights for newly freed African Americans in the South.

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Francesca Potter

8 October, 20:58

Vagrancy laws in the 1860s applied to

A. the property that African Americans were allowed to rent or own.

B. people who moved from place to place without regular homes or work.

C. the role of the planter aristocracy in Southern state legislatures.

D. voter registration rights for newly freed African Americans in the South.

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Sarai Juarez · Answer 1

Vagrancy laws in the 1860s applied to those people who moved from place to place without regular homes or work. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the second option or option "B". It was a law that made these people work for three months at a stretch and on escaping they were chained and forced to work.