"On The Grounds Of Expediency And Good Policy" Free- State Antiblack Laws In The Early Republic

"A Free Man Of Colour, And A Citizen Of This State" The Privileges And Immunities Of Citizenship In The 1820s

"The Sacred Doctrine Of Equal Rights" Ohio Abolitionists In The 1830s

"The Rights Of The Citizens Of Massachusetts" African American Sailors In Southern Ports In The 1830s

"Self- Preservation Is The First Law Of Nature" State- To- State Conflict And The Limits Of Congress In The 1840s

"That All Men Are Created Free And Equal" The Liberty Party And Repeal Of The Ohio Black Laws In The 1840s

"Injustice And Oppression Incarnate" Illinois And A Nation Divided In The 1850s

"Establishing One Law For The White And Colored People Alike" Republicans In Power During The Civil War, 1861- 1865

"To Restrain The Power Of The States" The Civil Rights Act And The Fourteenth Amendment.