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This is the text of the Leavenworth Constitution as published in Daniel W. Wilder's "The Annals of Kansas" (1886). The Leavenworth Constitution was the most radical of the four constitutions drafted for Kansas Territory. The Bill of Rights refers to "all men" and prohibited slavery from the state. The word "white" did not appear in the proposed document and, therefore, it would not have excluded free blacks from the state. Article XVI, Section 3 (p. 227) directed the general assembly to provide some protection for the rights of women. The Leavenworth Constitution was ratified on May 18, 1858, but the U.S. Senate did not act to approve the document.
Creator: Kansas Territory. Constitutional Convention (1858)
Date: April 3, 1858
Item Number: 90817
Call Number: K 978.1 W65
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90817
Collections - Library
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Suffrage - Blacks
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Women's rights
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Book
People - African Americans
People - Notable Kansans - Wilder, Daniel Webster, 1832-1911
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Printed materials - Books
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