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Originally Posted by iheartthed
Yeah, back then I believe it was because who was allowed to vote.
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And apparently, when the US was created, only men who were property owners could vote, and that included free blacks who owned property. It wasn't until slavery was abolished in 1865 in the US that conditions were created to discourage/prevent blacks from voting.
Reading more and more books about American history, I am totally learning about the myths of the creation of the US, and the history I was taught in school. For example, at least with the French Revolution, they initially wanted to create a classless society in principle, even though that's not what happened. But when the US was created with the "American Revolution," there wasn't even a pretense to want to create a classless society; the American Revolution was more about getting rid of the British monarchy's control, and keeping the American property owners' ruling class the status quo without British government interference.