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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.