Mississippi adopted a new state constitution aimed at barring Black voters and restoring white supremacy.
The disenfranchisement clause struck all voters from the rolls and then required them to register again to vote — but only approved them if they paid poll taxes, could read and pass a quiz on the constitution. “Dressed up in the genteel garb of bringing integrity to the voting booth,” ‘One Person, No Vote’ opined, “this feigned legal innocence was legislative evil genius.” There was no mystery to those involved.
“It was enforced with broken bones and crushed skulls, with rope wrapped around trees and knots tied around necks, with bodies displayed in town squares or made to disappear at the bottom of rivers.” Unlike Mississippi’s prior constitution, voters did not approve or ratify the document. The lone Black member of the constitutional constitution was Isaiah T. Montgomery, who was once enslaved by Jefferson Davis and had since helped found the all-Black town, Mount Bayou.
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