few rights they were
suffered to enjoy. A full description of the infamous "_Black Code_"
of these States would occupy too much space, and, therefore, the dark
subject must be dismissed. Posterity shall know, however, how
patiently the free Negroes of the Northern States endured the
restrictions and proscriptions which law and public sentiment threw
across their social and political pathway!

FOOTNOTES:

[37] 1, Chase, p. 393, sects. 1-7.

[38] 1, Chase, p. 555.

[39] Jeffries _vs._ Ankeny, 11, Ohio, p. 375.

[40] 2, Chase L., p. 1052.

[41] Curwen, p. 533.

[42] Revised Statutes of Ohio, vol. i. p. 60.

[43] Ibid., p. 111.

[44] Elliot's Debates, vol. i. p. 79.

[45] Sanford's Dred Scott Case, pp. 397-399.

[46] Howard's Reports, vol. xix. pp. 403-405, sq.

[47] Hurd, vol ii. p. 123.

[48] Terr. laws 1807-8, p. 423.

[49] Laws of 1817, ch. 3, sec. 52.

[50] See Hurd, vol. ii. p. 129.

[51] Revised Laws of Indiana, 1838.

[52] Session Laws, 1819, p. 354. R. S., 1833, p. 466.

[53] R. S., 1845, p. 154.

[54] Rev. St. of 1856, p. 780.

CHAPTER XI.

THE NORTHERN NEGROES.

NOMINAL RIGHTS OF NEGROES IN THE SLAVE STATES.--FUGITIVE SLAVES
SEEK REFUGE IN CANADA.--NEGROES PETITION AGAINST TAXATION WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION.--A LAW PREVENTING NEGROES FROM OTHER STATES FROM
SETTLING IN MASSACHUSETTS.--NOTICE TO BLACKS, INDIANS, AND
MULATTOES, WARNING THEM TO LEAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.--THE RIGHTS
AND PRIVILEGES OF THE NEGRO RESTRICTED.--COLORED MEN TURN THEIR
ATTENTION TO THE EDUCATION OF THEIR OWN RACE.--JOHN V. DEGRASSE,
THE FIRST COLORED MAN ADMITTED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL
SOCIETY.--PROMINENT COLORED MEN OF NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA.--THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST
EPISCOPAL AND COLORED BAPTIST CHURCHES.--COLORED MEN DISTINGUISH
THEMSELVES IN THE PULPIT.--REPORT TO THE OHIO ANTI-SLAVERY
SOCIETY OF COLORED PEOPLE IN CINCINNATI IN 1835.--MANY PURCHASE
THEIR FREEDOM.--HENRY BOYD, THE MECHANIC AND BUILDER.--HE BECOMES
A SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURER IN CINCINNATI.--SAMUEL T. WILCOX, THE
GROCER.--HIS SUCCESS IN BUSINESS IN CINCINNATI.--BALL AND THOMAS,
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS.--COLORED PEOPLE OF CINCINNATI EVINCE A DESIRE
TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.--LYDIA P. MOTT ESTABLISHES A HOME FOR
COLORED ORPHANS.--THE ORGANIZATION EFFECTED IN 1844.--ITS
SUCCESS.--FORMATION OF A COLORED MILITARY COMPANY CAL