CHAPTER X

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THE "BLACK LAWS" OF "BORDER STATES."

Stringent Laws enacted against Free Negroes and Mulattoes.--Fugitive-slave Law respected in Ohio.--A Law to prevent Kidnapping.--The First Constitution of Ohio.--History of the Dred Scott case.--Judge Taney's Opinion in this Case.--Ohio Constitution of 1851 denied Free Negroes the Right to vote.--The Establishment of Colored Schools.--Law in Indiana Territory in Reference to Executions.--An Act for the Introduction of Negroes and Mulattoes into the Territory.--First Constitution of Indiana.--The Illinois Constitution of 1818.--Criminal Code enacted.--Illinois Legislature passes an Act to prevent the Emigration of Free Negroes into the State.--Free Negroes of the Northern States endure Restriction and Proscription 111

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