Mingling of Races Becoming Too CommonPosted in Articles, Law, Media Archive, United States on 2013-02-24 04:53Z by Steven |
Mingling of Races Becoming Too Common
Stark County Democrat
1902-02-18 (Weekly Edition)
page 3, columns 4-5
Source: Library of Congress: Chronicling America
Staff Correspondent
Ohio Legislator Will Introduce a New Law Against Miscegenation–More Canal Legislation Is Proposed
Columbus. Feb. 17.—A bill which will prevent miscegenation will shortly be introduced in the legislature by Representative Denune, of Franklin county. It is claimed that marriages of this kind are entirely too prevalent in Ohio and as the present law does not restrict the practice, according to the view of the author, the propagation of a race of moral degenerates is threatened.
One per cent of the marriages in Ohio during the past year were between whites and blacks, most of the white persons being women.
In no other city in Ohio is the marriage of whites and blacks more common that in Columbus.