Middleton, Stephen.

The Black laws race and the legal process in early Ohio / [electronic resource] : Stephen Middleton. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2005. - xi, 363 p. - Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest . - Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest. .

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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African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--Ohio
Race discrimination--Law and legislation--History.--Ohio
Race discrimination--History.--Ohio


Electronic books.

KFO511.5.A34 / M53 2005eb