By the Constitution of New Hampshire, at the adoption of the National Constitution, the suffrage was vested in “every male inhabitant of each town and parish,” with certain qualifications, but without exclusion on account of color.
Sumner cites the New Hampshire Constitution as evidence of inclusive voting rights at the time of the National Constitution's adoption.
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