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Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of South Carolina

South Carolina Constitutional Convention · 1868

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The Wikimedia Commons and Internet Archive scan of the 1868 Denny & Perry volume digitized from the University of Michigan copy.

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  • Alonzo J. Ransier argued against an educational qualification for voting.

    • supports · printed pp. 829–830

  • Ransier also argued against a property qualification for voting.

    • supports · printed pp. 829–830

  • Ransier described the vote as a principal means by which Black citizens could defend themselves.

    • supports · printed pp. 829–830

  • William J. Whipper moved to remove “male” from the proposed elector rule.

    • supports · printed pp. 836–838

  • The convention rejected Whipper's motion to remove “male.”

    • supports · printed p. 838

  • Whipper argued that women possessed the same claim to the ballot as men.

    • supports · printed p. 838