“The First Negro Exodus” (1818)

ID: 553 ~ Source: “Early History of Wayne Township. Number Five” Portsmouth Times (5 July 1879). ~ Date: 1818
This file appears in: “Black Friday”: Enforcing Ohio’s “Black Laws” in Portsmouth, Ohio

“First Negro Exodus” documents the history of the first known expulsion of African-American residents of Portsmouth, who were warned out of the town for violating Ohio’s “Black Laws.”

This file appears in: “Black Friday”: Enforcing Ohio’s “Black Laws” in Portsmouth, Ohio