Voter suppression
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on efforts to restrict citizens' right to vote. Works on the use of threats, coercion, or violence to inappropriately influence voting behavior are entered under Voter intimidation.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
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