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The Constitution and Voting
Under the U.S. Constitution, voting requirements and limitations are state matters. Thus, in the country’s first seventy-five years of existence, states, had control over who voted (with suffrage seen as a privilege of citizenship and not as a right belonging to every man). Until the 1820s, most states still had some form of property requirement as property holding was seen as ensuring a person’s commitment to that community and awareness of and interest in its decisions. And, of course, they limited voting to men. Also, they could (and did) allow immigrants to vote
Amendments to the Constitution were needed to limit the states’ control. See:
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September 24 — Will, “The Social Thought of Absalom Jones and Richard Allen”
The references in this article to liberalism and republicanism in the first pages can be a bit confusing. Keep reading; as the references tie more and more to Allen and Jones, they become clearer.
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September 24 — Lammers, “Absalom Jones”
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September 17 — Morgan, “‘To Get Quit of Negroes'”
September 17 — Menschel, “Abolition without Deliverance”
September 17 — Gronningsater, “Certificates of Freedom”
September 12 (and beyond) — Cotton Gin
The following brief film explains the need for and impact of the cotton gin from the 1780s to the 1860s.
This second brief film is a useful look at the cotton gin itself. But . . . .
Notice the background music; it suggests the lack of concern for mid-twentieth century black field workers and disregard for antebellum slaves. The reference to “pioneer families” being the ones who got the seeds out of cotton also reveals that disregard. The suggestion is a Gone with the Wind image of happy slaves suited only for servile work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzAK65N4ruc
September 12 — Three-fifths Compromise
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