How did Southern states' laws under Reconstruction affect freed enslaved persons? The laws increased the voting rights of freed enslaved persons. The laws reduced the number of freed enslaved persons. The laws allowed freed enslaved persons to live in many more places. The laws restricted the jobs freed enslaved persons could hold.

The laws restricted the jobs freed enslaved persons could hold.

Explanation:

The reconstruction era is one that happened after the civil war which was an attempt to get the southern states back into the confederacy together with the newly freed slaves that was up to four million.

The legislatures of the southern state came up with a certain code known as the black codes, which was aimed at controlling the behavior and work of the African Americans and freed slaves.  

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