- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Constitutional Convention of 1877
- Creator:
- Gigantino, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 2005-12-20
- Subject:
- Constitutional conventions--Georgia
Georgia--Politics and government
Georgia. Constitutional Convention (1877) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1877. The Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1877 created the state's seventh constitution. Ratified at the end of Reconstruction (1867-76) with a firm Democratic majority in power, the Constitution of 1877 was a reaction to the perceived abuses of the Republican-dominated government that controlled the state after the Civil War (1861-65). This document included many of the provisions of the Constitution of 1868, but it succeeded in changing the power of the legislature and the state's power to tax. It also implemented provisions supporting segregation.
GSE identifier: SS8H6 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/constitutional-convention-of-1877/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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