Stephenson combs state constitutions, statutes and court decisions to show how American law defined and separated the races in the decades after slavery. He covers the legal definition of a Negro, the Black Codes of 1865 to 1868, marriage and intermarriage laws, civil rights, segregated schools and public conveyances, the courtroom and the suffrage.
Written by a white Southerner who defended distinctions while condemning discriminations, it is a revealing document of Jim Crow legal thought. Download the free EPUB.