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
Proper Name for Black Men in America 20
CHAPTER III
DEFAMATION TO CALL A WHITE PERSON A NEGRO 26–34
CHAPTER IV
THE “BLACK LAWS” OF 1865–68 35–66
“Black Laws” of Free States 36
Restrictions upon Movement of Negroes 40
Limitations upon Negroes in Respect to Occupations 41
Sale of Firearms and Liquor to Negroes 43
Labor Contracts of Negroes 46
Apprentice Laws 53
Vagrancy Laws 58
Pauper Laws 60
CHAPTER V
RECONSTRUCTION OF MARITAL RELATIONS 67–77
Remarriages 68
Certificates of Marriage 70
Slave Marriages Declared Legal by Statute 73
Marriages Between Slaves and Free Negroes 74
Federal Legislation 75
CHAPTER VI
INTERMARRIAGE AND MISCEGENATION 78–101
Intermarriage During Reconstruction 78
Present State of the Law Against Intermarriage 81
To Whom the Laws Apply 81
Effect of Attempted Intermarriage 83
Punishment for Intermarriage 84
Punishment for Issuing Licenses 86
Punishment for Performing the Ceremony 87
Cohabitation Without Intermarriage 88
States Repealing Laws Against Intermarriage 89
Marriages Between the Negro and Non-Caucasian Races 90
Effect Given to Marriages in Other States 92
Intermarriage and the Federal Constitution 95
Intermarriages in Boston 98
CHAPTER VII
CIVIL RIGHTS OF NEGROES 102–153
Federal Civil Rights Legislation 103
State Legislation Between 1865 and 1883 111
In States Outside of South 112
In South 115
State Legislation After 1883 120
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