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Lincoln County Permanent Registration of Voters, 1902-1908

Title: Lincoln County Permanent Registration of Voters, 1902-1908
Digital Collections: Voter Registration
Identifier: CR_060_912_023_Lincoln_Perm_Voters
Digital Format: image/jpg
Resolution: 150 dpi
Digital Creator: Martell, Caitlin
Digital Creation Date: 2022
Capture Tools: Zeutschel Book Scanner
Hosted By: State Archives of North Carolina
Repository: State Archives of North Carolina
Metadata Creator: Martell, Caitlin
Type: Text
Local Call Number: CR.060.912.023
Source: Election Records. Lincoln County. State Archive of North Carolina
Language: English
Creator: North Carolina. Clerk of Superior Court (Lincoln County)
Date: D:00 M:00 Y:1902 - D:00 M:00 Y:1908
Subject: Voting registers, Voter suppression, Literacy tests (Election law), Suffrage, African American men, Voter registration--United States, North Carolina--History--1865-, African Americans
Place: Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States
Time Period: (1900-1929) North Carolina's industrial revolution and World War One
Description: List of men registered to vote under the Grandfather Clause in North Carolina in Lincoln County from 1902-1908. The Grandfather Clause was added to the 1900 North Carolina State Constitution as part of the disfranchisement amendment. The disfranchisement amendment stated that a male citizen must be able to read and write a selection of the state constitution to ensure literacy. The Grandfather Clause was added to this amendment in order to further prevent African American men from voting. The Grandfather Clause stated that a male citizen did not need to be literate if he could prove that his direct descendent voted in an election prior to January 1, 1867. Since this date was prior to the enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment, which gave enslaved people citizenship, the Grandfather Clause automatically restricted the newly emancipated men from being able to vote.
Physical Characteristics: 10 pages
Digital Characteristics: 10 pages
Format: Voters' lists
Rights: This item is provided courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina and is a public record according to G.S.132.
Source Collections: Record of Elections and Voter Registration Books. Election Records. Lincoln County. State Archive of North Carolina
Subjects-Voter Registration: North Carolina--History--1865-, Voter registration--United States, African Americans, African American men, Suffrage, Literacy tests (Election law), Voting registers, Voter suppression

IIIF manifest: https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/ncdcr/iiif/d6528eb4-e2cf-4265-93d7-75212483078c/manifest

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