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.

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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instanceOf historical document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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Kansas Territory rivalConstitution Wyandotte Constitution
Kansas Territory admittedAsStateUnder Wyandotte Constitution