The Black laws
Subtitle: race and the legal process in early Ohio
By: by Stephen Middleton.
Series: Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Athens, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- History; Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- History; Race discrimination -- Ohio -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ambiguous beginnings, 1787-1801; title: The many meanings of freedom, 1800-1803; title: "A state for white men," 1803-1830; title: The battle over the color line, 1830-1839; title: The struggle to abolish the color line, 1840-1849; title: Enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act, 1803-1850; title: The fugitive slave crisis in the 1850s; title: The limits of freedom