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To: robertpaulsen
The right to vote for members of the House was only protected for a particular group -- white, male, citizen landowners. Not all persons.

I must have missed the part that said "white." You keep repeating it. Can you direct me to it?

158 posted on 07/07/2007 2:14:11 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill
"I must have missed the part that said "white." You keep repeating it. Can you direct me to it?"

Blacks didn't have the right to vote until 1870.

164 posted on 07/07/2007 2:56:35 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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