“The fundamental principle of Democracy is that Negro Suffrage is wrong” Debating the 15th Amendment in Georgia

In March of 1869 states took up the ratification of the 15th Amendment. One state where significant conservative Democratic opposition to the Amendment granting Black voting rights was Georgia. There, former Confederates fought the Radical Republicans. A central tenet of conservatism was preventing Blacks from voting. The Amendment would not be ratified there until 1870.

Daily crescent
Friday, Mar 12, 1869
New Orleans, LA
Vol: 18
Page: 2

 

 

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