Tyran Kai Steward John Craig Hammond Hans C. Rasmussen David Scott Donna M. DeBlasio Martha I. Pallante Jeffrey Normand Bourdon Joshua J. Jeffers Ryan T. Gelesky Donna E. Kelly Angela M. Zombek Daniel Griesmer Susan J. Covert Clayton J. Ruminski David Simonelli Jack Lorenzini Vincent A. Shivers Lou Martin Matthew Hiner Ron Slipski L. Diane Barnes

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OHIO HISTORY Contents for Volume 121, 2014 Time Not Ripe: Black Women’s Quest for Citizenship and the Battle for Full Inclusion at Ohio State University Tyran Kai Steward ...... 4 “The Most Free of the Free States”: Politics, Slavery, Race, and Regional Identity in Early Ohio, 1790–1820 John Craig Hammond ...... 35 James A. Shedd to Dr. David Jordon: A Documentary Perspective on the Dayton Mob of 1841 Hans C. Rasmussen ...... 58 The Ohio Constitution of 1803, Jefferson’s Danbury Letter, and Religion in Education David Scott ...... 73 Memories of Work and the Definition of Community: The Making of Italian Americans in the Mahoning Valley Donna M. DeBlasio and Martha I. Pallante ...... 89 Germans, Jubilee Singers, and Axe Men: James A. Garfield and the Original Front-Porch Campaign for the Presidency Jeffrey Normand Bourdon ...... 112 Book Reviews ......130 On the cover: Niles Fire Brick workers, ca. 1896.

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