Description |
xi, 363 pages ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest
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Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-355) and index. |
Contents |
Ambiguous beginnings, 1787-1801 -- The many meanings of freedom, 1800-1803 -- "A state for white men," 1803-1830 -- The battle over the color line, 1830-1839 -- The struggle to abolish the color line, 1840-1849 -- Enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act, 1803-1850 -- The fugitive slave crisis in the 1850s -- The limits of freedom. |
Subject |
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- History.
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African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Ohio. |
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History. |
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- History.
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation. |
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Race discrimination -- Ohio -- History.
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Race discrimination. |
ISBN |
0821416235 cloth alkaline paper |
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0821416243 paperback alkaline paper |
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