Segregation

From Turtledove

The 1881 Confederate phasing-out of slavery did not mean the end of mistreatment of the black population of the C.S.A. Numerous laws were in place to restrict black rights within the border of the C.S.A., which ultimately led to the Red Rebellion of 1915. These laws were, however, far less of a monstrosity than the Population Reduction eventually perpetrated by Jake Featherston.

Among the legal restrictions imposed on the black population were:

• They were not permitted to have surnames
• They were required to own a passbook for identification purposes even for internal travel within the C.S.A.
• They were defined as residents rather than citizens; therefore they did not have the right to vote.