Laws and rulings

From the Code Noir to now. 38 points on the WW9 Atlas, oldest first, each with its source.

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• Fugitive Slave Act of 17931793 · Act of the United States Congress (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1793
• Missouri Compromise1820 · 1820 United States federal legislation (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act of 18501850 · Act of the United States Congress (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
• Emancipation Proclamation1862 · Executive order by U.S. president Abraham Lincoln freeing slaves in the South (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation
• Civil Rights Act of 18661866 · U.S. law defining citizenship and equal protection (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
• Civil Rights Act of 18751875 · United States federal law (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
• Plessy v. Ferguson1886 · 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case on racial segregation (placed at the Louisiana capitol, where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessy_v._Ferguson
• Dawes Act1887 · US legislative act regulating Native American tribal lands (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawes_Act
• Curtis Act of 18981898 · Amendment to the U.S. Dawes Act (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Act_of_1898
• Racial Integrity Act of 19241924 · Virginia anti-miscegenation law (placed at the Virginia capitol, where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_Integrity_Act_of_1924
• Brown v. Board of Education1954 · Landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision (placed at the Kansas capitol, where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education
• Civil Rights Act of 19641964 · Landmark U.S. civil rights and labor law (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
• Voting Rights Act of 19651965 · US federal legislation (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
• Loving v. Virginia1967 · 1967 U.S. Supreme Court case on interracial marriage (placed at the Virginia capitol, where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia
• Civil Rights Act of 19681968 · United States law (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968
• Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 19861986 · Law pertaining to the war on drugs passed by the U.S. Congress (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Drug_Abuse_Act_of_1986
• Act Prohibiting Importation of SlavesUS Congressional Act of 1807 (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_Prohibiting_Importation_of_Slaves
• American Indian Religious Freedom ActUnited States Law protecting Native Americans' religions and cultures (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Religious_Freedom_Act
• Black Codes (United States)Segregationist and discriminatory state and local laws passed after the Civil War (placed at the Mississippi capitol, where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Codes_%28United_States%29
• Code noir1685 law on slavery in the French colonial empire (placed at the Louisiana capitol, where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_noir
• Dred Scott v. Sandford1857 U.S. Supreme Court case on the citizenship of African-Americans (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
• Enforcement ActsLaws aiming to combat resistance to reconstruction after the US Civil War (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enforcement_Acts
• Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution1870 amendment prohibiting denial of voting rights on the basis of race (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
• Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution1868 amendment addressing citizenship rights and civil and political liberties (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
• Indian Child Welfare Act1978 U.S. federal law regulating tribal jurisdiction over court cases involving children (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Child_Welfare_Act
• Indian Citizenship Act1924 US federal law granting citizenship to Native Americans (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Citizenship_Act
• Indian Removal ActLaw authorizing the removal of Native Americans from US states (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Removal_Act
• Indian Reorganization ActUnited States Law (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Reorganization_Act
• Indian termination policy1940s–1960s U.S. assimilation policy towards Native Americans (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_termination_policy
• Kansas–Nebraska ActAmerican law establishing two territories (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_Act
• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act1990 US law protecting Native American remains and artifacts (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Graves_Protection_and_Repatriation_Act
• Shelby County v. Holder2013 landmark United States Supreme Court case (placed at the Alabama capitol, where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_v._Holder
• Slave codesSubset of laws regarding chattel slavery and enslaved people (placed at the Virginia capitol, where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_codes
• Stand-your-ground lawJustification defense in a criminal case (placed at the Florida capitol, where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-your-ground_law
• Stop WOKE ActFlorida state law (placed at the Florida capitol, where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_WOKE_Act
• Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution1865 amendment abolishing slavery (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
• Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act1994 U.S. federal law (placed in Washington, D.C., where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_Enforcement_Act
• Williams v. Mississippi1898 United States Supreme Court case (placed at the Mississippi capitol, where it was made)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_v._Mississippi