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To: donmeaker
North Carolina permitted freedmen of African heritage to vote until 1835.

And after that?

37 posted on 07/09/2013 3:33:49 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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To: 0.E.O; donmeaker
North Carolina permitted freedmen of African heritage to vote until 1835.

And after that?

They put in a new state constitution that limited the franchise to white men only.

I believe a few states (NY?) originally had loopholes that theoretically allowed some women to vote.

40 posted on 07/09/2013 3:51:47 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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