books.google.ca - Beginning in 1803, and continuing for several decades, the Ohio legislature enacted what came to be known as the Black Laws. These laws instituted barriers to blacks entering the state and placed limits on black testimony against whites. Stephen Middleton tells the story of this racial oppression in...http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Black_Laws.html?id=CgC4WdHv7K0C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Black Laws
