03671nam 2200613Ia 450 991096471920332120251117003538.00-8214-4158-2(CKB)1000000000713885(OCoLC)243610022(CaPaEBR)ebrary10116596(SSID)ssj0000277371(PQKBManifestationID)11195738(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277371(PQKBWorkID)10234047(PQKB)11578558(MiAaPQ)EBC3026850(Au-PeEL)EBL3026850(CaPaEBR)ebr10116596(BIP)35538331(BIP)11343243(EXLCZ)99100000000071388520060130d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Black laws race and the legal process in early Ohio /Stephen Middleton1st ed.Athens, Ohio Ohio University Pressc20051 online resource (375 p.)Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the MidwestBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8214-1623-5 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.Beginning in 1803, the Ohio legislature enacted what came to be known as the Black Laws. These laws instituted barriers against blacks entering the state and placed limits on black testimony against whites. Basing his narrative on massive primary research, often utilizing previously unexplored sources, Stephen Middleton tells the story of racial oppression in Ohio and recounts chilling episodes of how blacks asserted their freedom by challenging the restrictions in the racial codes until the state legislature repealed some pernicious features in 1849 and finally abolished them in 1886. The fastest-growing state in antebellum America and the destination of whites from the North and the South, Ohio also became the destination for thousands of southern blacks, both free and runaway. Thus, nineteenth-century Ohio became a legal battleground for two powerful and far-reaching impulses in the history of race and law in America. One was the use of state power to further racial discrimination, and the other was the thirst of African Americans and their white allies for equality under the law for all Americans. Written in a clear and compelling style, this pathbreaking study will be required reading for historians, legal scholars, students, and those interested in the struggle for civil rights in America.Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.African AmericansLegal status, laws, etcOhioHistoryRace discriminationLaw and legislationOhioHistoryRace discriminationOhioHistoryAfrican AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.History.Race discriminationLaw and legislationHistory.Race discriminationHistory.342.7308/73Middleton Stephen1862050MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964719203321The Black laws4468310UNINA