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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Wyandotte Constitution canonical 9

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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instanceOf historical document ⓘ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 ⓘ
archivesAt Kansas State Historical Society ⓘ
cityOfConvention Wyandotte, Kansas Territory ⓘ
contains bill of rights ⓘ
provisions on corporations ⓘ
provisions on education ⓘ
provisions on taxation ⓘ
country 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
locationOfDrafting Wyandotte, Kansas Territory ⓘ
name Wyandotte Constitution ⓘ
numberOfDelegates 52 ⓘ
opposedBy pro-slavery Democrats ⓘ
partOf Bleeding Kansas conflict outcome ⓘ
politicalAlignmentOfMajority Republican ⓘ
positionOnSlavery prohibited slavery in Kansas ⓘ
precededBy Leavenworth Constitution ⓘ
Lecompton Constitution ⓘ
Topeka Constitution ⓘ
providedFor bicameral state legislature ⓘ
elected governor of Kansas ⓘ
state supreme court ⓘ
relatedTo American Civil War era ⓘ
Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
replacedBy Constitution of Kansas (amended versions) ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Constitution
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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Referenced by (9)

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

Kansas Territory → rivalConstitution → Wyandotte Constitution ⓘ
Kansas Territory → admittedAsStateUnder → Wyandotte Constitution ⓘ
Kansas Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Wyandotte Constitution ⓘ
Topeka Constitution → relatedTo → Wyandotte Constitution ⓘ
Lecompton Constitution → followedBy → Wyandotte Constitution ⓘ
Lecompton Constitution → relatedTo → Wyandotte Constitution ⓘ
Leavenworth Constitution → precedes → Wyandotte Constitution ⓘ
Wyandotte Constitution → name → Wyandotte Constitution ⓘ