TYPE	YEAR	LAWS/CODES	DESCRIPTION
Free blacks	1804	Statute	No black or mulatto person was permitted to settle in the State of Ohio unless he/she posted a $500 bond. Persons who failed to comply were to be removed.
Harboring a black	1804	Statute	It was unlawful for a resident to employ or harbor a black who had not posted the necessary bond. Fine: up to $100.
Testimony	1804	Statute	No black or mulatto person was permitted to testify in court where either party was a white person.
Kidnapping	1807	Statute	It was unlawful to kidnap a free black or mulatto with the intent to transport such free person out of the State. High misdemeanor punishable with imprisonment in the penitentiary between one and ten years.
Free blacks	1816	Statute	Persons of color were required to produce a certificate declaring their freedom from a court before they would be allowed to settle in the State. Citizens were not permitted to hire blacks, unless they produced a certificate of freedom.
Harboring a slave	1816	Statute	Persons found harboring any black who belonged to another would be fined between $10-$50 upon conviction.
Runaways	1816	Statute	Persons claiming any black or mulatto in Ohio as their property were to apply to any associate judge or justice of the peace. If such citizen proved rightful ownership of the black person under question, he was to pay $1,000, half to the informer and half to the State.
Legal status	1821	Court decision	Court stated that quadroons had all the rights, privileges, and duties of whites.
Colonization	1824	Resolution	Resolution passed by legislature urged colonization of enslaved blacks after emancipation.
Free blacks	1831	Statute	Blacks or mulatto persons were required to present a certificate of freedom before being permitted to reside in the State.
Fugitive slaves	1839	Statute	Strict fugitive slave law was passed.
Fugitive slaves	1857	Statute	"Personal liberty" law passed prohibiting the use of State jails in fugitive slave cases. Repealed one year later.