Race Distinctions in American Law

Name: Race Distinctions in American Law
Author: Stephenson, Gilbert Thomas

Stephenson, Gilbert Thomas

African Americans -- Politics and government; Law -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations

Slave marriages, reconstruction of, 67–75;
   certificates of, 70–73;
   in Kentucky, 70–72;
   in Maryland, 72;
   declared legal by statute, 73–74;
   in Alabama, 73;
   in Arkansas, 73;
   in Texas, 73;
   in Illinois, 74;
   in Ohio, 74;
   in Virginia, 74;
   in West Virginia, 74;
   marriages between slaves and free Negroes, 74;
   in Tennessee, 74;
   and Federal legislation, 75.

 Sleeping cars, separation of races on, 219–220.

 Social status not a subject of legislation in Georgia, 80.

 Soda fountains, race distinctions at, 133–134.

 South Carolina, restrictions on movements of Negroes in, 40–41;
   limitations upon Negroes in respect to occupations in, 42;
   keeping firearms by Negroes limited in, 44;
   contracts for labor by Negroes in, 48–53;
   apprentice laws in, 55–57;
   vagrancy laws in, 58–59;
   pauper laws in, 60–61;
   marital relations of Negroes in, established, 70;
   effect of intermarriage in, 85;
   punishment in, for performing ceremony, 88;
   Negroes in militia of, 145;
   separation of races in public schools of, at present, 175–176;
   on ferries, 215;
   Negroes as witnesses in, 244;
   actual service by Negroes on juries in, 267–268;
   separate courts for Negroes in, 272–273;
   different punishments for Whites and Negroes in, 274;
   qualifications for voting in, 334–335.

 South Carolina, University of, open to Negroes during Reconstruction,
    175.

 South Dakota, qualifications for voting in, 334–335.

 Southern Education Association on race problem, 356.

 Southern States, civil rights legislation in, between 1865 and 1883,
    115–120;
   after 1883, 120;
   present extent of separation of races in public schools of, 170–176;
   early statutes in, on Negro jury service, 249;
   actual service by Negroes on juries in, 253–271;
   reduction of representation of, in Congress, 287.

 Spectator, Negro in court room as, 237.

 Status, social, not a subject of legislation in Georgia, 80;
   of marriage, 96.

 Steamboats, separation of races on, 214.

 Stevens, Thaddeus, and “Black Laws,” 63;
   opposition of, to President Johnson’s plan of Reconstruction, 104.

 Stimson, Frederick J., on laws of Michigan against intermarriage, 90.

 Street cars, separation of races in, 227–233.

 Suffrage, Negro, 281–339;
   before 1865, 282–285;
   in New York, 283;
   in North Carolina in 1835, 283;
   in Tennessee in 1834, 284;
   between 1865 and 1870, 285–288;
   in District of Columbia, 286;
   and Fourteenth Amendment, 287;
   between 1870 and 1890, 288–294;
   Southern Suffrage Amendments, 294–339;
   in insular possessions of United States, 312–313;
   constitutionality of Suffrage Amendments, 313–317.


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 Taft, President, on suffrage in Porto Rico, 313.

 Taverns. See Restaurants.

 Taxation for school purposes, 195–199.

 Taxes, payment of, as qualification for voting, 299–300.
   See Suffrage, Schools.

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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

Slave marriages, reconstruction of, 67–75;
   certificates of, 70–73;
   in Kentucky, 70–72;
   in Maryland, 72;
   declared legal by statute, 73–74;
   in Alabama, 73;
   in Arkansas, 73;
   in Texas, 73;
   in Illinois, 74;
   in Ohio, 74;
   in Virginia, 74;
   in West Virginia, 74;
   marriages between slaves and free Negroes, 74;
   in Tennessee, 74;
   and Federal legislation, 75.

 Sleeping cars, separation of races on, 219–220.

 Social status not a subject of legislation in Georgia, 80.

 Soda fountains, race distinctions at, 133–134.

 South Carolina, restrictions on movements of Negroes in, 40–41;
   limitations upon Negroes in respect to occupations in, 42;
   keeping firearms by Negroes limited in, 44;
   contracts for labor by Negroes in, 48–53;
   apprentice laws in, 55–57;
   vagrancy laws in, 58–59;
   pauper laws in, 60–61;
   marital relations of Negroes in, established, 70;
   effect of intermarriage in, 85;
   punishment in, for performing ceremony, 88;
   Negroes in militia of, 145;
   separation of races in public schools of, at present, 175–176;
   on ferries, 215;
   Negroes as witnesses in, 244;
   actual service by Negroes on juries in, 267–268;
   separate courts for Negroes in, 272–273;
   different punishments for Whites and Negroes in, 274;
   qualifications for voting in, 334–335.

 South Carolina, University of, open to Negroes during Reconstruction,
    175.

 South Dakota, qualifications for voting in, 334–335.

 Southern Education Association on race problem, 356.

 Southern States, civil rights legislation in, between 1865 and 1883,
    115–120;
   after 1883, 120;
   present extent of separation of races in public schools of, 170–176;
   early statutes in, on Negro jury service, 249;
   actual service by Negroes on juries in, 253–271;
   reduction of representation of, in Congress, 287.

 Spectator, Negro in court room as, 237.

 Status, social, not a subject of legislation in Georgia, 80;
   of marriage, 96.

 Steamboats, separation of races on, 214.

 Stevens, Thaddeus, and “Black Laws,” 63;
   opposition of, to President Johnson’s plan of Reconstruction, 104.

 Stimson, Frederick J., on laws of Michigan against intermarriage, 90.

 Street cars, separation of races in, 227–233.

 Suffrage, Negro, 281–339;
   before 1865, 282–285;
   in New York, 283;
   in North Carolina in 1835, 283;
   in Tennessee in 1834, 284;
   between 1865 and 1870, 285–288;
   in District of Columbia, 286;
   and Fourteenth Amendment, 287;
   between 1870 and 1890, 288–294;
   Southern Suffrage Amendments, 294–339;
   in insular possessions of United States, 312–313;
   constitutionality of Suffrage Amendments, 313–317.


                                   T

 Taft, President, on suffrage in Porto Rico, 313.

 Taverns. See Restaurants.

 Taxation for school purposes, 195–199.

 Taxes, payment of, as qualification for voting, 299–300.
   See Suffrage, Schools.

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Race Distinctions in American Law

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