| Moreover, New Mexico and Utah enacted slave codes, technically opening the territories to slavery. |
| Southern slave codes made the willful killing of a slave illegal in most cases. |
| As a result, the slave codes and government policies incorporated to control the enslaved and free black population were revised and harshened. |
| Make your way past a display of various slave codes, which piled extra restrictions onto enslaved Africans in the hopes of preventing a rebellion. |
| According to the slave codes, some of which were passed in reaction to slave rebellions, teaching a slave to read or write was illegal. |
| The Board passed slave codes, created a volunteer fire department, and created an overseer to improve street quality. |
