1870 Illinois State Constitution Grants African Americans Suffrage
New Constitution for the State of Illinois. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1870. Presented by the Sangamo Insurance Company. Octavo, approximately 5.5" x 8.5" inches. Printed gray wrappers. 32 pages. By the start of the Civil War, it was clear that the Illinois 1848 constitution was not equipped for the.....