1869 suffrage law

The 1869 suffrage law in the United States was part of the Compromise of 1877, which indirectly affected voting rights. It marked a shift toward restricting voting privileges for some groups, particularly African Americans in the South, through measures like poll taxes and literacy tests. Although not a law from 1869 specifically mandating suffrage restrictions, this period saw significant efforts to limit voting rights of newly freed racial minorities, resulting in the disenfranchisement of many. These measures aimed to suppress black voting and maintain political power for white Democrats in the post-Reconstruction South.