 | John Hope Franklin - 1994 - 279 psl.
...(Courtesy of the National Archives.) Test oath, signed by former Confederate Wade Hampton in August, 1865. very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." The President's thinking had gone even beyond this proposal. To one of his intimates, he said that... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - 1995 - 724 psl.
...the first-free-state Governor of Louisiana," he asked "whether some of the colored people . . . — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks" should be permitted to vote. That would help "to keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom."... | |
 | James M. McPherson - 1964 - 496 psl.
...consideration," wrote the president, "whether some of the colored people may not be let in [to the suffrage] — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks."18 This idea of a qualified Negro suffrage was gaining considerable support in the North. But... | |
 | James Gill - 1997 - 316 psl.
...males, although Lincoln himself had asked Hahn to consider "whether some of the colored people may be let in; as, for instance, the very intelligent...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." The convention did, however, leave the way open for the legislature "to pass laws extending suffrage... | |
 | David W. Blight, Brooks D. Simpson - 1997 - 260 psl.
...Louisiana in March 1864, "whether some of the colored people may not be let in [to the suffrage] — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help," he added, "in some trying times to come, to keep the jewel of liberty within... | |
 | Caryn Cossé Bell - 1997 - 348 psl.
...consideration," the president wrote, "whether some of the colored people may not be let in [granted suffrage] — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." The president's recommendation notwithstanding, the constitutional convention, which met during the... | |
 | Philip Sheldon Foner, Robert J. Branham - 1998 - 952 psl.
...the forthcoming constitutional convention "some of the colored people" might be granted the suffrage, "as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially...those who have fought gallantly in our ranks." But even this modest suggestion was rejected. cepts from the Book of Books, learn the great truth that... | |
 | Larry Arnhart - 1998 - 356 psl.
...he proposed that the new state constitution should allow at least some of the blacks to vote—"as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks" (1953, 7:243). Here Lincoln is both bold and cautious. It is bold to suggest that a Southern state... | |
 | W. E. B. Du Bois - 1998 - 772 psl.
...franchise, I barely suggest, for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in, as, for instance, the very intelligent,...especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help in some trying time in the future to keep the jewel of Liberty in the family... | |
 | J. G. Randall, Richard N. Current, Richard Nelson Current - 1999 - 460 psl.
...elective franchise. I barely suggest to your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel... | |
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I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. 
