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During the early 20th century, at a time when black people were routinely excluded from the vote by Democratic regimes in most of the former slave South, Pendergast’s Democratic organization in Kansas City succeeded in part by attracting considerable black support.
The U.S. state of Kansas held a referendum on a proposed constitutional amendment to grant women the full right to vote on November 5, 1867. It was the first-ever referendum on women's suffrage in U.S. history, and specifically sought to amend Section 1, Article 5 of the state constitution to "eliminate the word "male" from the clause defining ...
Sep 15, 2023 · As the Free Staters, abolitionists and proslavery forces fought for control of Kansas, more outbreaks of violence occurred, including shootouts between the factions, guerilla warfare and the ...
- Nadra Kareem Nittle
Aug 1, 2022 · So people from outside the state, on both sides of the slavery debate, poured into Kansas ahead of the vote. That included a fervent abolitionist by the name of John Brown.
- Tom Shine
Oct 27, 2009 · The abolitionist movement was the effort to end slavery, led by famous abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and John Brown.
Oct 27, 2009 · In response to the “Sack of Lawrence,” as it became known, the abolitionist John Brown marched through Pottawatomie Valley in Kansas territory on May 24 along with seven men, including four of...
Kansas's historical expansion of the right to vote, will review the SAFE Act's requirements and its impact on Kansas's voters, and will argue that the SAFE Act is bad public policy.
