Note 77 — Chapter IV · THE “BLACK LAWS” OF 1865–68
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65In three places, at least, in North Carolina a Negro is not allowed to stay over night. They are Canton (Haywood County), Mitchell, and Madison Counties, all in the western part of the State. Negroes may work unmolested all day, but, if they linger after nightfall, they are reminded that it would not be healthy for them to remain during the night. The Raleigh, N. C., News and Observer, Aug. 19, 1906. Also see The Independent, vol. 59, p. 139, for a similar situation in Syracuse, Ohio, and Baker: “Following the Colour Line,” pp. 71–73 and 126.