Constitution of 1866 (Texas)

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historical document state constitution

The Constitution of 1866 (Texas) was the post–Civil War state constitution adopted during Reconstruction that attempted to restore Texas to the Union while making only limited changes to its prewar legal and social order.

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Label	Occurrences
Constitution of 1866 (Texas) canonical	1
Constitution of 1869 (Texas)	1
Texas Constitutional Convention of 1866	1
Texas constitutional convention of 1866	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical document ⓘ state constitution ⓘ
adoptedBy	Constitution of 1866 (Texas) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Texas constitutional convention of 1866
adoptionDateApproximate	1866-03 ⓘ
adoptionYear	1866 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Texas ⓘ surface form: State of Texas
characteristic	made only limited changes to prewar legal and social order ⓘ sought rapid readmission of Texas with minimal social change ⓘ
containsProvision	abolition of slavery in Texas ⓘ black testimony allowed only in cases involving Black people ⓘ denial of civil and political equality to formerly enslaved people ⓘ limited rights for freedmen without granting suffrage ⓘ reestablishment of prewar county and local government structures ⓘ repudiation of Confederate war debt ⓘ repudiation of secession ordinance ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
definesCitizenshipFor	residents of Texas in 1866 ⓘ
followedBy	Texas Constitution ⓘ surface form: Texas Constitution of 1869
follows	Texas Constitution ⓘ surface form: Texas Constitution of 1845
followsEvent	American Civil War ⓘ Texas secession from the United States ⓘ
hasEffectOn	civil rights of freedpeople in Texas ⓘ postwar political power of former Confederates in Texas ⓘ readmission process of Texas to the Union ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Presidential Reconstruction ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	superseded ⓘ
legalSystem	Texas law ⓘ
legislativeBody	Texas Constitutional Convention of 1868–1869 ⓘ surface form: Texas constitutional convention of 1866
locationOfDrafting	Austin ⓘ surface form: Austin, Texas
partOf	Reconstruction era ⓘ
politicalOrientation	conservative ⓘ
purpose	reestablish civil government in Texas under postwar conditions ⓘ restore Texas to the Union after the Civil War ⓘ
reasonForRejection	failure to provide civil and political equality for freedpeople ⓘ
regulates	judicial system of Texas ⓘ legislative branch of Texas ⓘ powers of the governor of Texas ⓘ structure of Texas state government ⓘ
rejectedBy	Radical Republicanism ⓘ surface form: Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress
relatedTo	Black Codes ⓘ surface form: Texas Black Codes
repealedBy	Reconstruction Acts of 1867 ⓘ surface form: Reconstruction Acts of Congress
subjectHasRole	Judiciary of Texas ⓘ surface form: Texas judiciary Texas Legislature ⓘ surface form: Texas legislature governor of Texas ⓘ
supersededBy	Texas Constitution ⓘ surface form: Texas Constitution of 1869
temporalCoverageEnd	1869 ⓘ
temporalCoverageStart	1866 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Texas Constitution → predecessor → Constitution of 1866 (Texas) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of 1869 (Texas)

Constitution of 1866 (Texas) → adoptedBy → Constitution of 1866 (Texas) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas constitutional convention of 1866

Texas Constitutional Convention of 1868–1869 → follows → Constitution of 1866 (Texas) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Constitutional Convention of 1866