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Author Middleton, Stephen.

Title The Black laws : race and the legal process in early Ohio / Stephen Middleton.

Publication Info. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  KFO411.5.A34 M53 2005    Available  ---
Description xi, 363 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest
Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.
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.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Ohio.
History.
Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- History.
Race discrimination -- Law and legislation.
Race discrimination -- Ohio -- History.
Race discrimination.
ISBN 0821416235 cloth alkaline paper
0821416243 paperback alkaline paper