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Washington Telegraph
Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas
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The September 21 election in North Carolina for delegates to the State Convention was quiet, with military restrictions in place under General Ruger. Elected candidates in several counties opposed negro suffrage and court testimony rights for Black men, marking a triumph for conservatives.
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The election for delegates to the State Convention came off to-day. As far as heard from it has been unusually quiet throughout the State.
Under orders of General Ruger, no soldier was allowed to leave camp or go near the polls, during the day, without special permission, and the same applied to officers in Raleigh. There has been quietude of a Sabbath. Everything has gone one way. All the candidates elected in Wake, Guilford and Granville counties went before the people avowedly opposed to negro suffrage, and all, excepting one pledged against even giving the black men the right to testify in courts. The election is undoubtedly a triumph for the professed conservatives.
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North Carolina
Event Date
September 21
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triumph for professed conservatives; candidates opposed to negro suffrage elected in wake, guilford, and granville counties.
Event Details
Election for delegates to the State Convention held quietly throughout the state under military orders restricting soldiers and officers from polls. Candidates avowedly opposed to negro suffrage and, except one, against Black men testifying in courts.