Category: Suffrage
Opposing the 15th Amendment: The Conservative and Democratic Argument Against Blacks Voting 1869-1870
The 15th Amendment granted equal voting rights to all male citizens regardless of race. It passed both houses of Congress in Feb. 1869 and went…
Platform of the Virginia Conservatives April 1869 “setting forth the policy of the white people of the state”
This platform was adopted by the Virginia Conservative Party on April 29, 1869. The Conservatives were a party made up of Democrats and old Whigs…
“We Go to the Polls for the First Time in 8 Years…& the White Vote Will Fall Into the Ballot Box”
A Democratic newspaper in Baton Rouge wrote about the importance of voting in the election of 1868. As in many similar articles, this one demands…
Smithsonian Magazine on the St. Landry Parish Massacre Louisiana September 1868
Smithsonian Magazine has an interesting article on the St Landry Massacre of 1868. The article is a good overview of the mass murder of African…
Arguing Against the 15th Amendment and Blacks Voting in Georgia in 1869
In March of 1869 states took up the ratification of the 15th Amendment. The 15th Amendment outlawed discrimiation in voting based on race. One state…
Mississippi Republicans Demand Racial Equality in 1869 Party Platform
When the Mississippi Republican Party met in July 1869 to consider its new platform, it was one of the first political party conventions in American…
Video Panel Discussion on Black Suffrage During Reconstruction
C-Span has an interesting panel discussion from the November 2016 Lincoln Forum. The panel discusses African American suffrage during Reconstruction. It looks at broader issues…
Arguing Against Civil Rights in 1875 “You have not the power to make him white, and he never will be satisfied”
Thomas Whitehead was a former Confederate officer who was elected to Congress from Virginia in 1872. In 1875 he gave a speech opposing the Civil…
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