The "particular group" held down by such laws were the pathetic immoral libertines. Now freed of such oppressive restraints, they have formed the Libertarian Party to crusade for recreational drugs and pederasty. Like their counterparts in the ACLU, they fancy themselves the mainstays of contemporary society. Sorry I can't continue this fun discussion, but I have to go to bed.
I agree, you need rest.
Slave laws, black codes, laws prohibiting women from owning property or voting, laws prohibiting interracial marriages, laws setting voting "standards" and laws interferring with the right to privacy are a few of those impacting your libertine groups.
Now freed of such oppressive restraints, they have formed the Libertarian Party to crusade for recreational drugs and pederasty.
As I've indicated earlier, laws protecting freedom and the rights of the individual are the mainstay of conservatives.