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  2. Opelousas massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Opelousas massacre, which began on September 28, 1868, was one of the bloodiest massacres of the Reconstruction era in the United States. In the aftermath of the ratification of Louisiana's Constitution of 1868 and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, tensions between white Democrats and Black Republicans in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana escalated throughout the ...

  3. John Gair - Wikipedia

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    During the time when John Gair was a legislator for the state of Louisiana, he was seen as a primary threat in the eyes of White supremacists. [4] [2] [5] Gair, a former enslaved carpenter, helped to write the Constitution of 1868. He was a very popular man among Blacks voters.

  4. John B. Esnard - Wikipedia

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    John B. Esnard (1846 - June 2, 1931) was a Reconstruction era politician who served as a delegate at the 1868 Louisiana Constitutional Convention and in the in Louisiana House of Representatives 1868-1870. [1]

  5. Constitution of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    The constitution, adopted in conference March 7, 1868, was the first one in Louisiana to provide a formal bill of rights. It eradicated the Black Codes of 1865, removed property qualifications for holding office, and former Confederates were still disfranchised.

  6. Oscar Dunn - Wikipedia

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    Article 53 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1868 required the lieutenant governor to serve as acting governor "in case of impeachment of the Governor, his removal from office, death . . . resignation or absence from the state." Dunn served as acting governor of Louisiana for a total of 39 days. [2]

  7. Explaining the amendments to the Louisiana Constitution on ...

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    Amendment No. 2: Repeal of inactive special funds in Constitution. A vote for would: Remove six inactive funds with zero or near-zero balances from the Louisiana Constitution. A vote against would ...

  8. History of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana's 1868 Constitution abolished the Black Codes, granted full civil and political equality to freedmen, disenfranchised several classes of ex-Confederates, and included the state's first formal bill of rights. African Americans began to live as citizens with some measure of equality before the law.

  9. Louisiana House committee defers proposed amendments to ... - AOL

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    Lawmakers are concerned about how they would be implemented if the Legislature authorizes a limited constitutional convention.