What were jim crow laws like from a northern perspective in america?

Jack F: What were jim crow laws like from a northern perspective in america?
In america you had the ” Jim Crow ” laws which was the segregation of black and white people everyone. What were these laws like from a northen american perspective?

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Answer by Chocolate Queen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws#State-by-state_examples

Answer by S. J
They were justifiable by the terribly racist people who wrote them. People in the northern states were unconcerned, not having to withstand the troubles that plagued the south. Canadians were appalled and gave escaping blacks shelter in Canada. Because of that we have a significant black population in Nova Scotia.

Answer by Don’t Steal My Answer
it seems to be a common misconception that the North welcomed blacks with open arms.

No way. Northerners were definitely racist. That’s why there were so many racial riots/killings before and during (and after) the Civil Rights Movement. Jim Crow was alive and well in the North. Even before the term was coined, the Northerners had ways of excluding the free blacks that resided there.

Answer by augie6_1
At a time when Jim Crow laws and white violence controlled the lives of black southerners and informed race relations throughout the North and the West, Jack Johnson became a role model to many in the black community—particularly the black working class. Even though he hadn’t identified as such, many admired the southern-born fighter as a man who single-handedly defended the honor of his race.

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