black codes
Type: Concept
As of November 2026, black codes has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Stuff You Should Know (Dec 2025).
The Black Codes, also called the Black Laws, were racially segregationist and discriminatory U.S. state laws that limited the freedom of Black Americans but not of white Americans. The first Black Codes applied to "free Negroes", i.e., Black people who lived in states where slavery had been abolished or who lived in a slave state but were not enslaved. After chattel slavery was abolished throughout the United States in 1865, former slave states in the U.S. South enacted Black Codes to restrict a
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on Stuff You Should Know |
Who talks about black codes on podcasts?
Josh Clark brought up black codes; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on Stuff You Should Know.
- The Brutal History of Prison Labor | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW on Stuff You Should Know (Dec 2025) — Josh Clark
What is black codes mentioned alongside?
black codes is most often mentioned alongside IMDb, UCI and Guatemala.
Mentioned together: IMDb, UCI, Guatemala, 10th Amendment, Stuff You Should Know, Robert Burns, Nancy Reagan, Moby Dick, Convict Leasing, Little Chuck