Race Distinctions in American Law

CHAPTER VI

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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