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CHAPTER V
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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

In South 120

In States Outside of South 120

Hotels 124

Restaurants 127

Barber-shops 129