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ResistanceJanuary 14, 1868

South Carolina's Black-majority convention

For the first time, a Black-majority convention (73 of 124 delegates) writes a state constitution — among the most democratic of its day.

Reconstruction & Black Political Power

Key figures

Francis L. Cardozo · Delegate Robert C. De Large · Delegate

Resources

Primary sources·1

Primary source· Primary

Constitution of South Carolina (1868)

Library of Congress

The democratic constitution written by the 1868 Black-majority convention.