The Electorate of New York defeats a referendum to extend suffrage to freedmen and their descendants.
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Subsequent Events:
Authority:
New York constitution of 1846, article XIII, section 1
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References:
Thomas J. DiLorenzo, “The Great Centralizer: Abraham Lincoln and the War between the States,” Cato Journal, 3 (Fall 1998): 251.