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The Black laws [electronic resource] : race and the legal process in early Ohio / Stephen Middleton.

By: Middleton, Stephen.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest: Publisher: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2005Description: xi, 363 p.Subject(s): African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- History | Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- History | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books. Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-355) and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.