Town Meetings across the Independent State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ratifiy the “Freeman’s” Constitution, Article II, Sections 1 and 2 of which extends suffrage to any male—of any ethnicity—who owns 134 Dollars of real property (land), or is a member in good standing of the State Militia.
[restored 1/21/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article X of Amendment
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
References:
William M. Weicek, The Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution, (Ithaca, New York and London: Cornell University Press, 1972), 99.
The constitution of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations : as adopted by the convention, assembled at Newport, September, 1842 : Rhode Island : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
archive.org/details/constitutionsta00islagoog/page/n17
Constitutions of the Several states
www.thegreenpapers.com/slg/constitution.phtml
Constitution of Rhode Island – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Rhode_Island#Features_of_the_1842_Constitution
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