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To: 4ConservativeJustices
One could add Indiana (even as late as 1862) or Delaware (1811) to the list of states that prohibited black immigrants.

As well as Virginia (1865), Florida (1865), Mississippi (1865), etc., etc.

935 posted on 10/10/2003 3:48:15 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
So? 30 states had laws prohibiting the mixing of the races by marriage on the book up into the 1950's and 60's:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

947 posted on 10/10/2003 6:24:35 AM PDT by 4CJ (Come along chihuahua, I want to hear you say yo quiero taco bell. - Nolu Chan, 28 Jul 2003)
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