[WhiskeyPapa]

[Walt] As long as it ultimately provided for general freedom.

It did not provide any right for Blacks to vote, then or ever.

"It" being the Louisiana Constitution.

I'd be glad if you'd document that statement.

Doctor Oates does say that the legislature had the power to enact the franchise for blacks.

Walt

[nolu chan]

[Walt] Doctor Oates does say that the legislature had the power to enact the franchise for blacks.

Walt and Doctor Oates both know that was worth precisely nothing. Former White Confederate soldiers were allowed to vote. Former Black Union soldiers were denied the right to vote. That is the undeniable reality of Lincoln.