Disfranchisement

Disfranchisement laws included poll taxes, literacy tests, vouchers of "good character", and disqualification for "crimes of moral turpitude."

Arlene M. Roberts: The Power of the Ballot: One-Person, One-Vote, en Masse 2008

"The Economic Disfranchisement of the Share-Cropper," pp, 91-100.

The Pope Speaks on Rural Life 2007

Disfranchisement was the penalty for any scandalous behavior on the part of the successful candidate.

The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Maria Louise Greene

Disfranchisement of all Jews whose parents and grandparents were not all native-born American citizens.

The Jew and American Ideals John Spargo 1921

Disfranchisement rolled a cloud, black and portentious, across the roseate dream of the Negro.

From Slavery to Wealth The Life of Scott Bond The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance. Daniel Arthur 1917

Disfranchisement in every Southern State is as fixed and determinate, as the indifference of the Negroes of those sections, or the practises of all political parties can make it.

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Various 1905

In lofty eloquence and noble patriotism many of her speeches may be justly classified as masterpieces, among them "The Degradation of Disfranchisement," "Self-Government the Best Means of Self-Development," and that beautiful classic, "The Solitude of Self."

Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1902

Disfranchisement for life did not seem to Her Majesty's

Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 1898

Disfranchisement was on the very eve of taking place, liberty was at stake, and Kentuckians unless aroused to action would be a free people no longer.

The Heart of the Hills John Fox 1891

W. Chestnutt, in his paper on _Disfranchisement_, cites the case of

The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement George Spring Merriam 1878