What is Wyandotte Constitution?
The '''Wyandotte Constitution''' is the [[constitution]] of the [[United States|U.S]] [[state]] of [[Kansas]]. The constitution said that Kansas would be a state without [[slavery]]. However, the constitution did not give black people, women or [[Native American]]s the [[suffrage|right to vote]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.kshs.org/p/online-exhibits-willing-to-die-for-freedom-constitutions/15396 |title=Online Exhibits - Willing to Die for Freedom, Constitutions - Kansas Historical Society |work=kshs.org |year=2011 |accessdate=February 24, 2011}}</ref> The Wyandotte Constitution was passed by a vote of 10,421 to 5,530 on October 4, 1859.<ref>{{cite book |title=Harper's magazine, Volume 86 |last=Ingalls |first=John James |year=1892 |publisher=Harper's Magazine Co |page=704 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T2QCAAAAIAAJ |accessdate=January 15, 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{US-stub}} [[Category:1859 in the United States]] [[Category:History of Kansas]] [[Category:State constitutions of the United States]] [[Category:1850s in Kansas]]