Question $3($Mandatory$)(1$ point$)$

Which of the following BEST DESCRIBES the "Black Codes" $?$

A$)$ a series of three Federal laws that codified the transfer of ownership of farmland from plantations to former slaves

B$)$ the US Army's code of harsh discipline unique to Black soldiers, which was overturned by the Supreme Court just after the war.

C$)$ state and local laws in the South that plafied various restrictions on AfricanAmericans

D$)$ a system of coded language used by African$-$Americans to communicate without whites knowing what was being said