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American Suffrage : From Property to Democracy, 1760-1860, PDF eBook

American Suffrage : From Property to Democracy, 1760-1860 PDF

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Since Americans have long taken price in universal suffrage and the secret ballot as foundations of democracy, it is surprising that one of its growth and reform. Mr. Williamson, focusing on the period from the Revolution to the Civil War, provides a state-by-state analysis of the growth of suffrage in its relation to partisan politics, the intellectual currents of the time, and such crises as war and rumors of war.

Originally published in 1960.

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