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  1. Jul 2018
    1. But this restriction is not merely burdensome upon traders and mechanics

      This restriction was not only on men but women, We learned in chapter 9 that women did not have a national movement (Seneca Falls Convention) until 1848, fourteen years later.

    2. he is debarred from the polls; and if he asks why, the answer must be that the non freeholders are too ignorant and dishonest to be trusted in so important a matter as voting. This we believe is a fair statement of the case of hundreds of mechanics in this State…

      The "answer" that they gave is very contradicting. How can people call others "ignorant and dishonest" if they pay taxes and work to provide for their family. Just because they are not in the higher income family he is not allowed to vote

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