African American History

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Court cases

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Massachusetts--Commonwealth v. Jennison, 1783

• The colonial cases (numbering over 400) involve assertions of rights by servants and slaves, actions for cruelty, decisions regarding racial identity, decisions regarding interracial marriage, the status of the progeny of interracial unions, and many forms of punishment and sanction brought upon slaves in colonial America.
• In addition, the service contains every U.S. Supreme Court decision pertaining to race during nearly 200 years, including dissenting opinions, comprising a valuable database for even the most advanced scholar. Over 300 cases cover:
• Slavery—the Amistad and Dred Scott decisions among many others;
• The breakdown of federal reconstruction and 19th-century civil rights legislation;
• The rise of jim crow; and
• The long legal crusade for full legal rights of African Americans in criminal proceedings, fair housing, voting rights, equal access to public facilities, and affirmative action programs.

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