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The Dred Scott Case
“This decision was purely a political one and deserved the outburst of indignation which greeted it and did so much to bring the ultimate abolition of slavery” -
Civil Rights Bill of 1866
“Fixed the rights of Negroes in the courts, their right to contract, to sue, to be parties, to testify, and their full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens” -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
“Maintained that no State could deny privileges and immunities to colored persons on the ground that they were extended only to whites, and that the majority opinion, to the effect that the nation, in the absence of State laws” “Mark the opening of an era in which the right to freedom and American citizenship cannot receive from the nation efficient protection” -
Virginia vs. Rives
“The right to contract in marriage, and certain other rights, have been limited under the principle of police power in the State” -
Henry Grady's "The South and Her Problems" Speech
Henry Grady gives speech entitled “The South and her Problems” at the Texas State Fair advocating for white supremacy (1887). -
Chesnutt's “What is a White Man?”
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The Eleventh United States Census
The Eleventh United States Census - taken beginning June 2, 1890. It determined the resident population of the United States to be 62,979,766. Chesnutt references the eleventh census in "The Future American."