TY - BOOK AU - Middleton,Stephen ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The Black laws: race and the legal process in early Ohio T2 - Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest AV - KFO511.5.A34 M53 2005eb PY - 2005/// CY - Athens, Ohio PB - Ohio University Press KW - African Americans KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Ohio KW - History KW - Race discrimination KW - Law and legislation KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10116596 ER -