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Speeches at the Constitutional Convention / With the Right of Suffrage Passed by the Constitutional Convention

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The pamphlet assembles selected constitutional provisions, a proposed plan of suffrage, and speeches delivered by a Black delegate defending universal male voting rights without racial distinction, alongside contemporary editorials and congratulatory letters. It presents the delegate's arguments against measures designed to disfranchise Black voters, invokes historical context and instances of violent suppression, critiques discriminatory registration practices, and calls for fair elections and legal safeguards for electors. The reproduced suffrage clauses specify voter eligibility, residency and disqualification rules, ballot procedures, and election administration as debated at the convention.

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Title: Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Author: Robert Smalls

Compiler: Sarah V. Smalls

Release date: November 3, 2020 [eBook #63610]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SPEECHES AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION ***

SPEECHES
AT THE
Constitutional Convention,

BY
GEN. ROBT. SMALLS.

WITH THE
RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE
PASSED BY THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

COMPILED BY MISS SARAH V. SMALLS.

ENQUIRER PRINT, 425 KING STREET.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
1896