Race Distinctions in American LawStephenson, Gilbert Thomas
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Race Distinctions in American Law
Stephenson, Gilbert Thomas
African Americans -- Politics and government; Law -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations
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STATE OR │“Grandfather │“Character │“Understanding
TERRITORY. │ Clause.” │ Clause.” │ Clause.”
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│ │ │
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Virginia[715] │One might be │ │One without
│permanently │ │ability to
│registered │ │read might be
│before 1904 │ │permanently
│(1) if, │ │registered
│before 1902, │ │before 1904,
│he served in │ │if he could
│the army or │ │understand and
│navy of the │ │explain the
│U. S. or of │ │Constitution
│the │ │of Va.
│Confederate │ │
│States or (2)│ │
│if he was the│ │
│son of such a│ │
│one, or if he│ │
│was the owner│ │
│of property │ │
│on which the │ │
│State tax was│ │
│$1, or (3) if│ │
│he was able │ │
│to read and │ │
│explain or │ │
│understand │ │
│and explain │ │
│the │ │
│Constitution │ │
│of Va. │ │
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Washington[767] │One who was │ │
│entitled to │ │
│vote in 1889 │ │
│continued to │ │
│be a voter │ │
│under the │ │
│State │ │
│Constitution.│ │
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West Virginia[768]│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
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Wisconsin[769] │ │ │
│ │ │
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