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This resolution by the Kansas state legislature calls for an election on an amendment to the state constitution supporting black male suffrage. If approved by the white male voters, the word "white" would be removed from the state constitution, particularly section one of article five, thereby allowing black males to vote. This amendment to the Kansas constitution was defeated. The issue became moot in 1870 with the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which made it illegal to deny a citizen the right to vote because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
Creator: Kansas. Legislature
Date: February 18, 1867
Item Number: 209676
Call Number: Secretary of State, Legislative Documents (1867), Box 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209676
Collections - State Archives - Secretary of State - Legislative Documents
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Suffrage - Blacks
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - House of Representatives
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - Senate
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Act
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Legislative - Legislative acts (bills, resolutions, memorials)
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209676