The Electorate of Illinois, by a margin of two to one, ratifies its Constitution of 1848, the Schedule, Section 10 of which prohibits the immigration of freedmen or their descendants.
[restored 9/19/2026]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Illinois Constitutions of 1818, Article VII
en.wikisource.org/wiki/Illinois_Constitution_of_1818#ART._VIII.
References:
Thomas J. DiLorenzo, “The Great Centralizer: Abraham Lincoln and the War between the States,” Cato Journal, 3 (Fall 1998): 250.
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