Poll tax
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Janet Fuller Poll Tax Receipt
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0752
Abstract
Receipt dated 1 February 1963 for poll tax paid by Janet Fuller.
Dates:
1963-02-01
The Injustice of Poll Taxes Broadside
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4746
Scope and Contents
This broadside, The Injustice of Poll Taxes Broadside, authored by Henry P. Farrow, is a passionate plea against the implementation of the poll tax in Georgia during the Reconstruction era. Written at a pivotal moment while the Georgia Reconstruction Constitutional Convention was in session, Farrow’s argument articulates the economic and moral injustices of such a tax, which disproportionately affected the poor of all races and ultimately served as a...
Dates:
ca 1867
Marlin Thrasher Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4107
Abstract
Legal documents and receipts, primarily from Fayette and Lamar Counties of west Alabama, covering much of the nineteenth century.
Dates:
1837-1905