Wyandotte Constitution
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The Wyandotte Constitution was the anti-slavery state constitution under which Kansas was admitted to the Union in 1861.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical document
ⓘ
state constitution ⓘ |
| admissionContext | Kansas admitted as a free state ⓘ |
| admissionDateRelated | 1861-01-29 ⓘ |
| allowed | Black people could not vote ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archivesAt | Kansas State Historical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfConvention | Wyandotte, Kansas Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
bill of rights
ⓘ
provisions on corporations ⓘ provisions on education ⓘ provisions on taxation ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentStatus | foundation of the present Kansas Constitution ⓘ |
| dateOfEffect | 1861-01-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfRatification | 1859-10-04 ⓘ |
| defined | boundaries of the State of Kansas ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Kansas historical records ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Wyandotte Constitutional Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| effectiveIn | 1861 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1859-07-29 ⓘ |
| granted |
property rights to married women
ⓘ
suffrage to white male citizens ⓘ |
| hasQuality | anti-slavery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Kansas Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfDrafting | Wyandotte, Kansas Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Wyandotte Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfDelegates | 52 ⓘ |
| opposedBy | pro-slavery Democrats ⓘ |
| partOf | Bleeding Kansas conflict outcome ⓘ |
| politicalAlignmentOfMajority | Republican ⓘ |
| positionOnSlavery | prohibited slavery in Kansas ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Leavenworth Constitution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lecompton Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Topeka Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| providedFor |
bicameral state legislature
ⓘ
elected governor of Kansas ⓘ state supreme court ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American Civil War era
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kansas–Nebraska Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Constitution of Kansas (amended versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1859-07-05 ⓘ |
| stated | Kansas is a free state ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Bleeding Kansas historiography ⓘ |
| wasApprovedBy | voters of Kansas Territory ⓘ |
| wasBasisFor | admission of Kansas to the Union ⓘ |
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