Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1865

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Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Constitution
gptkbp:controversy Voting rights
Political representation
Land ownership rights
gptkbp:enactedBy By the electorate
gptkbp:governs gptkb:Charles_J._Jenkins
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1865
gptkbp:impact Influenced state governance
Set the stage for future civil rights movements
Established a framework for future state constitutions
Facilitated_the_reintegration_of_Georgia_into_the_Union
Contributed_to_the_end_of_slavery_in_Georgia
gptkbp:influenced Federal_Reconstruction_policies
gptkbp:issues Civil rights
gptkbp:location gptkb:Georgia
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Henry_R._Jackson
gptkb:Benjamin_H._Hill
gptkbp:outcome Provisions for taxation
Adoption of a new constitution
Establishment of public education system
Regulations on labor contracts
gptkbp:participants Delegates
gptkbp:politicalPosition Post-Civil War South
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Georgia_Secession_Convention_of_1861
gptkbp:purpose Draft a new state constitution
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Civil_War
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
Reconstruction Acts
Black Codes
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
14th Amendment
Freedmen's_Bureau_establishment
gptkbp:significance Reconstruction Era
gptkbp:succeededBy gptkb:Georgia_Constitutional_Convention_of_1868
gptkbp:year 1865