Minnesota: From Rejection of Black Suffrage in 1865 to Acceptance in 1868-Three Votes

Pat Young

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Minnesota held three vote on extending voting rights to non-whites during the Reconstruction Era.

The first vote was in 1865, the second in 1867, and the third in 1868. Here is how the votes went:

1865: Pro-Suffrage 12,170 Anti-Suffrage 14,838
1867: Pro-Suffrage 27,461 Anti-Suffrage 28,759
1868; Pro-Suffrage 39,322 Anti-Suffrage 29,906

In the 1870 census there were 759 Blacks living in Minnesota.
 
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