… Sedition Act (1798): Made it a crime to publish “false, scandalous and malicious writing” against the government or its officials.
– Indian Removal Act (1830): Legalized deportation of Native Americans to the West, a policy known as “Indian removal.”
– Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: Mandated harsher penalties for slaves and those helping slaves escape.
– Article 13 of Indiana’s 1851 constitution: Stated “No negro or mulatto shall come into, or settle in, the state, after the adoption of this constitution.”
– Illinois’ Black Code of 1853: Extended a complete prohibition against Black emigration into the state.
– Page Act of 1875: Classified as “undesirable” anyone from China who came to the U.S. as a contract laborer, any Asian woman to engage in prostitution and all people considered to be convicts in their native country.

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