The First Laws of Florida’s 1868 Reconstruction-Era Legislature: “Every male person of .. whatever race, color, .. shall be deemed a qualified elector at all elections."
[Black male suffrage] Florida Legislature. The Acts and Resolutions Adopted by the Legislature of Florida, at its First Session (1868) under the Constitution of A.D. 1868. Tallahassee: Printed at the Office of the Tallahassee Sentinel, Hiram Powers, Jr., Proprietor, 1868. First edition. 231 pages. Original quarter leather over marbled boards.....