VI. TRANSPORTATION
The abolition of slavery impacted transportation. Although common carriers had a common law obligation to carry all goods and passengers, antebellum carriers treated race as good cause for an exception because there were so many reasons to refuse passage to African-Americans, whether slave or free. Abolition undercut the reasons for refusal and led courts and legislatures to eliminate the exception.
Race, Racism and the Law
Vernellia R. Randall
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