The Negro and the elective franchise. A series of papers and a sermonGrimké, Archibald Henry
Philosophy
The Negro and the elective franchise. A series of papers and a sermon
Grimké, Archibald Henry
African Americans -- Suffrage
"I am a citizen of the State of Louisiana. My name is ——. I was
born in the State (or country) of ——, parish (or county) of ——,
on the —— day of ——, in the year ——. I am now —— years —— months
and —— days of age. I have resided in this State since ——, and
am not disfranchised by any provision of the constitution of
this State."
Section 4. "If he be not able to read and write, provided by
section 3 of this article, then he shall be entitled to register
and vote if he shall, at the time he offers to register, be the
bona fide owner of property assessed to him in this State at a
valuation of not less than $300 on the assessment roll of the
current year, if the roll of the current year shall not then
have been completed and filed and on which, if such property be
personal only, all taxes due shall have been paid."
Section 5. "No male person who was on January 1, 1867, or at any
date prior thereto, entitled to vote under the constitution or
statute of any State of the United States, wherein he then
resided, and no son or grandson of any such person not less than
21 years of age at the date of the adoption of this
constitution, and no male person of foreign birth, who was
naturalized prior to the first day of January, 1898, shall be
denied the right to register and vote in this State by reason of
his failure to possess the educational or property
qualifications prescribed by this constitution: _Provided_, He
shall have resided in this State for five years next preceding
the date at which he shall apply for registration, and shall
have registered in accordance with the terms of this article
prior to September 1, 1898; and no person shall be entitled to
register under this section after said date."
(4) NORTH CAROLINA.
Section 4. "Every person presenting himself for registration
shall be able to read and write any section of the constitution
in the English language; and, before he shall be entitled to
vote, he shall have paid, on or before the 1st day of May of the
year in which he proposes to vote, his poll tax for the previous
year as prescribed by Article V, section 1, of the constitution.
But no male person who was, on January 1, 1867, or at any time
prior thereto, entitled to vote under the laws of any state in
the United States wherein he then resided, and no lineal
descendant of any such person, shall be denied the right to
register and vote at any election in this State by reason of his
failure to possess the educational qualification herein
prescribed, provided he shall have registered in accordance with
the terms of this section prior to December, 1908.
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