Race Distinctions in American LawStephenson, Gilbert Thomas
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Race Distinctions in American Law
Stephenson, Gilbert Thomas
African Americans -- Politics and government; Law -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations
Flack, Horace E., on contemporary understanding of Civil Rights Bill of
1866, 106;
on purpose of adoption of Fourteenth Amendment, 107.
Florida, sale of firearms to Negroes prohibited in, 43;
contracts for labor by Negroes in, 46;
remarriage of
Negroes in, 68;
effect of intermarriage in, 84;
punishment in, for issuing license for intermarriage, 86;
for performing ceremony, 87;
for cohabitation without intermarriage, 88;
civil rights legislation in, 115;
race distinctions in cemeteries in, 136;
separation of races in schools of, 170;
in private schools of, 190;
early “Jim Crow” laws in, 208;
Negroes as witnesses in, 243;
actual jury service by Negroes in, 255–256;
different punishments for Negroes in, 274;
qualifications for voting in, 324–325.
Foraker, Senator, on Brownsville affair, 145.
Fornication and adultery between Negro and White, punishment for, 273.
See Punishments.
Fourteenth Amendment, ratified, 9;
and intermarriage, 97;
superseding Civil Rights Bill of 1866, 106;
interpreted by Slaughter-House cases, 107–108;
and Berea College affair, 157–158;
and Negro jury service, 252;
and Negro suffrage, 287.
See Civil Rights, “Jim Crow” laws.
Free Negroes, marriage between, and slaves, 74.
See Negroes, Marriage, Movements, “Black Laws,” Civil Rights.
G
Genealogical table in determining race, 18.
Georgia, remarriage of Negroes in, 69;
social status not a subject of legislation in, 80;
effect given by, to marriages in other States, 93;
Negroes in militia in, 145;
separation of prisoners by race in, 146;
separation of races in reformatories of, 147;
in public schools of, 170;
Negroes as witnesses in, 243;
actual service by Negroes on juries in, 256–258;
qualifications for voting in, 324–325.
Germantown, Pa., _Guide_ on cemeteries for Negroes, 137.
“Grandfather Clauses” as qualifications for voting, 305–308.
See Suffrage.
H
Harvard University, Dr. Chas. W. Eliot on separation of races at, 164;
study of race problem at, 356.
Hawaii, qualifications for voting in, 338–339.
High Schools, for Whites and not for Negroes, 193;
no separation of race in, of Indiana, 182;
of Kansas, 183.
See Schools.
Hotels, race distinctions in, 124–127.
Hurd, John Codman, “The Law
of Freedom and Bondage in the United States,” 8.
I
Idaho, selling firearms to Indians prohibited in, 45;
separation of races in public schools of, forbidden, 187;
qualifications for voting in, 324–325.
Identity, race, mistaken on cars, 29–32.
Illinois, “Black Laws” of, 38;
slave marriages in, legal by statute, 74;
race distinctions in, at soda fountains, 133;
in theatres, 135;
at skating rinks, 136;
separation of races in public schools of, 178–179;
qualifications for voting in, 324–325.
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