. The Republican Party and the Afro-American, a book of facts and figures. HOX. HERBERT R. WRIGHTU. S. Consul, Puerto Cabello, Vene-zuela. HOX. ROBERT H. TERRELLJudge Municipal Court of the Dis-trict of Columbia. ELECTION LAWS OF DEMOCRATIC SOUTHERN STATES. The following are sections of some of the election laws of the South (certifiedto by the Secretaries of State, in each case,) many of them enacted for theavowed purpose of depriving Afro-American citizens of the right to vote. It wi]lbe seen that the Louisiana and North Carolina laws are especially framed for thepurpose of making the educat
. The Republican Party and the Afro-American, a book of facts and figures. HOX. HERBERT R. WRIGHTU. S. Consul, Puerto Cabello, Vene-zuela. HOX. ROBERT H. TERRELLJudge Municipal Court of the Dis-trict of Columbia. ELECTION LAWS OF DEMOCRATIC SOUTHERN STATES. The following are sections of some of the election laws of the South (certifiedto by the Secretaries of State, in each case,) many of them enacted for theavowed purpose of depriving Afro-American citizens of the right to vote. It wi]lbe seen that the Louisiana and North Carolina laws are especially framed for thepurpose of making the educational test apply only to the Afro-Americans, and allpersons who were voters prior to January 1, 1867, and their lineal descendants areexempt from the provisions of the law, which disqualifies persons because ofilliteracy. The laws are skillfully worded and may appear fair, but in practice theregistrars have practically unlimited power and in many cases prevent qualifiedcolored voters from exercising the right of franchise. In this connection it is a remarkable fact that
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