Dublin Core
Title
Southampton County Poll List, 2d Magisterial District, 1st Precinct
Subject
African Americans, suffrage
Description
For decades, Virginia localities kept separate registers for African American and white voters. These registers are for Southampton County and record the African Americans and whites who voted at the first precinct of the second magisterial district during the election held on July 6, 1869. That day 94 percent of white registered voters in Southampton turned out and overwhelmingly approved the new constitution and elected Conservative Party candidates to the legislature.
Source
Secretary of the Commonwealth, General Election Records, 1867, 1869, Southampton County, Accession 50706, State Government Records Collection,
Date
July 6, 1869
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
CC BY-SA
Format
JPG
Type
Printed form and manuscript
Identifier
15_1072_010, 15_1072_011
Coverage
Southampton County, Virginia