The Kansas Constitutional Convention of 1858 concludes its two-week deliberations proposing for ratification by the Electorate, the Wyandotte Constitution, the Bill of Rights, Section 6, of which prohibits slavery. However Article V, Section 1 and Article VIII, Section 1 forbids freedmen from casting ballots or joining the Militia.
[restored 3/4/2022]
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), 156.
Wyandotte Constitution – Kansas Memory
www.kansasmemory.org/item/90272/text
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