Negro suffrage denied in Connecticut

The House of Representatives of Connecticut, by a vote of 165 to 33 have refused to recommend the expunging of the word “white” in that clause of the Constitution which specifies who shall be entitled to vote.  There follows  a list of votes by the different members, listed by Counties.   (Liberator, June 8, 1838, pg1 )

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