ELECTION DAY: While the confederate States are forced, by the federal government, to grant suffrage to freedmen, the Electorates of Minnesota and Wisconsin reject respective State constitutional amendments to extend suffrage to their Citizens of African heritage.
[restored 4/23/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Minnesota Constitution Article IX, Section 1
ballotpedia.org/Article_IX,_Minnesota_Constitution
Wisconsin Constitution Article XIII, Section 1
docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/constitution/wi/000238/000002
References:
James M McPherson, Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction, second edition, (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992), 501.
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