The resistance to black suffrage after the war regularly erupted into violence as groups tried to protect their power.

Lincoln at the end of his life publicly called for limited black suffrage, a position Johnson steadfastly opposed.

And after the war he demanded black suffrage.

Long before black suffrage became a major issue Pike had come to believe that the freed slaves must be given the vote.

They, however, expressed opposition to both women's and black suffrage and refused to lend aid.

Other outcomes included an increase in black suffrage in 1908.

Even before the end of the war, Langston worked for issues of black suffrage and opportunity.

Many abolitionists, however, began to question Wood's motives when he openly opposed black suffrage as a member of the house in 1864.

He reversed his views on black suffrage, withdrawing his support for it.

Though he promised protections for blacks, he opposed the idea of black suffrage.