Vagrancy laws in the 1860s applied to
A. the property that African Americans were allowed to rent or own.
B. people who moved from place to place without regular homes or work.
C. the role of the planter aristocracy in Southern state legislatures.
D. voter registration rights for newly freed African Americans in the South.

Question

Vagrancy laws in the 1860s applied to 
A. the property that African Americans were allowed to rent or own.
B. people who moved from place to place without regular homes or work.
C. the role of the planter aristocracy in Southern state legislatures.
D. voter registration rights for newly freed African Americans in the South.

wwhitlock · Answer

Vagrant is the word to describe people we call homeless today.