How did Southerners react to freedmen's new access to greater mobility?
A) They allowed them to travel freely.
B) They passed vagrancy laws to restrict their movements.
C) They required former slaves to carry travelling passes when leaving their plantations.
D) They assisted freedmen by supplying them with mules and wagons.

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Southerners reacted to freedmen's new access to greater mobility by passing vagrancy laws, which were designed to restrict their movements and control their labor. These laws were part of the Black Codes enacted after the Civil War.

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