Stephen Middleton

The Black Laws in the Old Northwest (eBook, PDF)

A Documentary History

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Northwest Territory (now the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin), under the Ordinance of 1787, was a free jurisdiction. Yet, all of the states of the territory, except Wisconsin, adopted Black Laws, legislation designed to subjugate African Americans. For the first time, this book brings together the Black Laws of the Old Northwest. The documents in the volume include statutes, legislative reports and resolutions, and petitions and memorials produced by the state legislatures, government agencies, or concerned citizens. Together, the documents provide a history of racial discrimination in this free territory. After a brief prologue, Stephen Middleton organizes the documents by state. Within each state, the documents are arranged into sets on specific topics such as immigration laws, welfare and public education laws, and jury and testimony laws. Although in general the editor lets the documents speak for themselves, he introduces each set of documents with commentary pointing to the themes in the documents. The volume will be a valuable resource for both students and scholars concerned with African-American history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 1993
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313064494
• Artikelnr.: 37840596

Autorenporträt

STEPHEN MIDDLETON is Associate Professor of History at North Carolina State University. He is the author of The Black Laws in the Old Northwest: A Documentary History (Greenwood, 1993). His specialty is U.S. Constitutional History with a research interest in race and constitutional and legal history.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Ordinance of 1787, Article 6
Introduction
Ohio, March 1, 1803
Declaration of Rights
Enumeration and Election
Militia Policy
Immigration and Residency
Colonization
Kidnapping Law
Public Education
Jury Law
Reports: The Black Laws
Runaway Slaves
Relief for the Poor
Miscegenation of the Races
Civil Rights
Summary of Cases
Annotated Cases
Suggested Readings
Indiana, December 11, 1816
Declaration of Rights
Slavery
Indentured Servants and Laborers
Suffrage and Election
Militia Policy
Immigration and Residency
Miscegenation Laws
Taxation and Enumeration
Colonization
Kidnapping
Fugitive Slaves
Testimony and Witness
Public Education
Civil and Legal Rights
Summary of Cases
Annotated Cases
Suggested Readings
Illinois, December 3, 1818
Declaration of Rights
Militia Policy
Suffrage and Elections
Servants and Slaves
Immigration and Residency
Kidnapping
Testimony and Witness
Runaway Slaves and Servants
Miscegenation of the Race
Civil and Legal Rights
Summary of Cases
Annotated Cases
Suggested Readings
Michigan, January 26, 1837
Declaration of Rights
Kidnapping
Indentured Servitude and Slavery
The Militia
Public Education
Miscegenation of the Races
Civil and Legal Rights
Summary of Cases
Annotated Cases
Suggested Readings
Wisconsin, May 29, 1848
Declaration of Rights
Suffrage and Elections
Runaway Slaves
Personal Liberty and Legal Rights
Summary of Cases
Annotated Cases
Suggested Readings
Index