In The United States District Court
For The Southern District of Texas
Houston Division
Slave Negro Louis Charles Hamilton II
U.S. Docket No.4:2016-CV-01354
“Notice of
Motion to Strike”
Further appearances “Motion
to Strike”
“PLANTIFFS” State
of Texas 1890s Black Codes
August
26th, 1866 – 2016 (December)
Louis Charles Hamilton, II, vs. United
States of America et al
"Negro Slaves “PLANTIFFS”
collective official Notice of Motion to Strike Defendant(s) State of Texas (RICO)
The 1890s: Black Codes Code
of Criminal Procedure for the State of Texas, approved August 26th, 1866, After
the Civil War, of defendant (United States of America) et al Texas white
supremacists in the South were determined to hinder any social or political
progress by the Slave Plaintiff(s) Negro/Nigger African-American populace
herein.
At the 1866 Constitutional Convention, Texans
imposed restrictive laws, known as Black Codes, upon African Americans that
limited their autonomy. The Codes outlined a status for African Americans not
too much removed from their earlier condition as slaves. African Americans
without jobs often were assigned to white guardians for work without pay.
The penalty for quitting often included
imprisonment for breach of contract. Other laws prevented freedmen from having
free access to public facilities. Stiff fines were levied against African
Americans for violating curfews, possessing firearms, or displaying
objectionable public behavior (harsh speeches or insulting gestures).
They were not allowed
to testify against whites, serve on juries or in state militias, or to vote.
They were, however, free to develop schools and churches, which became vehicles
for improvement within their communities. By the late 1860s, African Americans
had aligned themselves with the Republicans and began to carve a pathway to
true freedom as American citizens.
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