Passed Constitutions
By Emily Summers
For More Information:
Arkansas Constitutions, 1836-1874, ASA.MS.000540. Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, AR. https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/constitutions/.
DeBlack, Thomas A. “Civil War through Reconstruction, 1861 through 1874.” Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. December 28, 2020. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/civil-war-through-reconstruction-1861-through-1874-388/.
“The Emancipation Proclamation.” National Archives, April 17, 2019. https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation#:~:text=President%20Abraham%20Lincoln%20issued%20the,and%20henceforward%20shall%20be%20free.%22.
Goodner, Wes. “Constitutional Conventions.” Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. September 1, 2020. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/constitutional-conventions-7910/.
Goss, Kay. “Arkansas Constitutions.” Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. June 15, 2020. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/arkansas-constitutions-2246/.
Goss, Kay. The Arkansas State Constitution: A Reference Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
About the Author:
Emily Summers is a processing archivist at the UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture.