1870 Illinois State Constitution Grants African Americans Suffrage
New Constitution for the State of Illinois. Presented by Hawley & Grant... Springfield, IL: Hawley & Grant, [1870]. Octavo, approximately 5.5" x 8.5" inches. Printed blue wrappers. 32 pages. Rare. By the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, it was clear that the Illinois constitution of 1848 had been.....
