Free-colored military service justified their claim to Republican citizenship

Evidence

At the time of the adoption of the constitution, in some states (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and North Carolina) all free-born inhabitants, even though descended from African slaves, possessed the right of franchise of electors on equal terms with other citizens. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1384 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Military recruitment support could be traded for political concessions on citizenship; Race alone justified excluding free men of color from citizenship; Free-coloreds fought the insurrection yet were refused as formal allies (+3 more)

Related

• Several early states granted free Black residents equal voting rights (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Race alone justified excluding free men of color from citizenship #contradicts (0.60)
• Free-coloreds fought the insurrection yet were refused as formal allies #contradicts (0.50)
• Citizenship in America has historically been tied to whiteness and Christianity #complicates (0.40)
• Several early states granted free Black residents equal voting rights #corroborates (0.40) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1384
• Louverture’s Republican troops repelled Jean-François’s October attack #corroborates (0.35)