Once a Grenadier, always a Grenadier. The Grenadier Guards is one of oldest and most iconic regiments in the British Army. Whether they are fighting on the front line or guarding a Royal Palace, members of the Regiment are renowned for their determination, loyalty and grit.
In the United States, the Black Codes were laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War. These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans ' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt. Black Codes were part of a larger pattern of Southern whites trying to suppress the new freedom of emancipated African American slaves, the freedmen.
The Black Codes. Existence of the black codes was taken as evidence by many Northerners (especially the Radical Republicans) that the South had not really been subdued. Slavery had simply taken a new form. In 1865 and 1866, state governments in the South enacted laws designed to regulate the lives of the former slaves.These measures, differing from state to state, were actually revisions of the earlier slave codes that had regulated that institution.Some common elements appeared in many of the Codes:n 1865 and 1866, state governments in the South enacted laws designed to regulate the lives of the former slaves. These measures, differing from state to state, were actually revisions of the earlier slave codes that had regulated that institution. Some common elements appeared in many of the Codes: