An advantage of seeing history through people is that people have that magic ingredient of inconsistency. On 3 February 1870, the US Constitution’s Fifteenth Amendment was ratified. It provided that the right of citizens to vote could not be denied or abridged by the US or by any state on account of race, colour or… Continue reading #OTD 3 February – Nations or peoples?
Month: February 2024
#OTD 2 February – The way we were
On 2 February 1899, the Australian colonial Premiers’ Conference agreed (a) that the nation’s new capital would be in NSW but at least 100 miles from the NSW capital Sydney; and (b) that the nation’s first parliament would meet in the colonial but soon to be state Victorian capital of Melbourne. The nation’s new capital,… Continue reading #OTD 2 February – The way we were