Willing to Die for Freedom

Abolitionist

Voting in Kansas Territory, 1854-1861

Could Blacks vote legally in Kansas Territory?
No!

Black men got the right to vote in 1870 when the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect. Black women received the right to vote in 1912, eight years before national suffrage took effect.

 

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