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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782637603321

Autore

Middleton Stephen

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8214-4158-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Collana

Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest

Disciplina

342.7308/73

Soggetti

African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - Ohio - History

Race discrimination - Law and legislation - Ohio - History

Race discrimination - Ohio - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-355) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.