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Debate Over Negro Suffrage Splits Territorial Convention
Delegates face disputed questions on extending universal suffrage to the western territories. Leaders including Moses M Strong weigh the political risk of adopting a constitution favoring or opposing negro suffrage as migration and regional tensions rise, with strong opposition from western counties and abolitionists.
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