LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION
\lˈɛkɒmptən kˌɒnstɪtjˈuːʃən], \lˈɛkɒmptən kˌɒnstɪtjˈuːʃən], \l_ˈɛ_k_ɒ_m_p_t_ə_n k_ˌɒ_n_s_t_ɪ_t_j_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]\
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a Constitution adopted by the pro-slavery party of Kansas in a convention held at Lecompton September 5, 1857. The Constitution sanctioned slavery, and prohibited the passage of emancipation laws by the Legislature. It was provided that the Constitution should not, as a whole, be submitted to the people of the territory; they were only to vote for "the Constitution with slavery" or "the Constitution without slavery." Free-State settlers abstaining, the former alternative prevailed by a large majority. Later, without authorization from the convention, the Territorial Legislature ordered a vote on the Constitution as a whole. It was voted down by a large majority, slave-State settlers now abstaining.
By John Franklin Jameson
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.
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