The Kansas Civil War continues: the racist, anti-slavery Constitutional Convention convenes in Topeka.
Postscript: Eleven days later the delegates approved the “Topeka Constitution,” Article I, Sections 6 and 21; and Article II, Section 2 of which,
- prohibits slavery;
- restricts migration into the State to those of European heritage;
- denies citizenship to freedmen.
[restored 2/21/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article IV, Section 3 [Clause 1]
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 147.
Topeka Constitution – Kansas Memory
https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/221061/text
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