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William J. Frere was an American farmer and politician, serving as a state senator in Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, [1] Frere represented Charles County, Maryland from 1910 to 1914. [2] [3] Frere lived in Tompkinsville and was a farmer. [4] He was a sponsor of the failed Digges Amendment, which was intended to disenfranchise African-American voters by challenging the Fifteenth Amendment's applicability to state elections, and also to enforce a property requirement. [5] It was strongly defeated in a public referendum.

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References

  1. Herbert Baxter Adams, John Martin Vincent, The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science https://books.google.com/books?id=FXknAQAAIAAJ, 1969
  2. Senate, Maryland General Assembly (2 March 2018). "Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland". Authority via Google Books.
  3. "Senate, Charles County (1838-1966)". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  4. The Country Gentleman, Luther Tucker & Son, 1912 "A Swamp that was Made a Farm", page 6
  5. Hill, Stephanie (18 April 2005). "One Step Closer to Freedom". Simmons College. pp. 85–86. Retrieved 17 August 2010.