Florida wrote a new constitution during reconstruction that _ the rights of former enslaved persons.

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Elsie Velazquez

27 July, 16:40

Florida wrote a new constitution during reconstruction that _ the rights of former enslaved persons.

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Francisco Blanchard · Answer 1

Ignored the rights of former enslaved persons.

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Florida's after the Civil War in 1865, the state constitution gave the right to vote to white males. In 1868, Congress forced Florida to change its constitution that gave African American the right to vote During the period of Reconstruction, Florida was under military law and forced to accept new amendments by the constitution. The new amendments to the U. S. Constitution to give new rights to African Americans. These amendments included 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, which officially abolished slavery, gave equal rights for African Americans along with the right to vote.