Negro Suffrage in Connecticut

WS 1865-08-04 Negro Suffrage in Connecticut p 1, col E.JPG

Title

Negro Suffrage in Connecticut

Subject

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Description

Though the editor of the Walla Walla Statesman here reprints this abolitionist editorial without comment, he has made it clear that he is opposed to black male suffrage. The excerpted editorial also sets out the partisan nature of this issue, with Democrats ranged against the extension of suffrage to black. And in Connecticut, this change to the law would extend the franchise to blacks who had been free rather than the southern blacks who had been slaves. This issue was very live in Washington Territory, where rallies took place in Olympia, to oppose the extension of suffrage.

Abstract

The Walla Walla Statesman quotes an unnamed abolitionist newspaper concerning the referendum on black male suffrage before the voters in Connecticut.

Source

Walla Walla Statesman

Publisher

Walla Walla W.T.: R.R. and S.G. Rees

Date Issued

1865-08-04

Contributor

Abolition paper

Medium

Web

Type

article

Bibliographic Citation

Vol. IV, No. 34, p. 1, col. E

Provenance

Washington Secretary of State: Historic Newspapers

URL

http://sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx

Start Page

1

End Page

1

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