New York black suffrage referendum, 1860

New York black suffrage referendum
Question of Negro Suffrage
Results
Votes %
Yes 197,889 36.40%
No 345,791 63.60%
Valid votes 543,680 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 543,680 100.00%
Results by county
  Yes —   No

A referendum on black suffrage was held in New York in 1860. Voters were asked whether universal suffrage for black men 21 years of age and older should be introduced. At the time, black voters were required to meet certain property-owning criteria. Black men who owned the required amount of property could still vote in the state, and many did vote in the referendum.[1]

The referendum question failed, with 64% voting against the change, and property restrictions to vote were maintained for blacks.

The referendum was most heavily supported by voters in Upstate New York. The Five Boroughs of New York City, as well as most of the area around the city, voted against the proposed amendment.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Hanes Walton Jr, Sherman Puckett, Donald R Deskins Jr The African American Electorate, p151
  2. ↑ http://facweb.furman.edu/~bensonlloyd/civwar/NYBlackSuffrage1860.png
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