Voter registration rolls for 1868, 1868.

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Voter registration rolls for 1868, 1868.

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The series contains the existing voter registration rolls for 1868 and is particularly significant as this was the first time blacks were allowed to register to vote in Florida. The type of information in most volumes includes: date, name, race, time of residence in county and state, native (of what state) and naturalization (where, when and how). It should be noted that the series is not complete, only 19 Florida counties are represented.

7 cubic ft.2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Florida State Archive

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