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To: MrB
in re(white) male, landowner.

Although the franchise was restricted to male property owners, there were no racial barriers to voting for George Washington. Many "freedmen," (i.e., emancipated slaves and their descendants,) in post-colonial times were property-owning voters. p>In fact, many freedmen owned slaves of their own.

22 posted on 11/24/2008 11:41:34 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (Looking forward to life under our new emperor in new clothes, Skippy-o Africanus.)
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To: Kenny Bunk

I guess I was making an assumption that black landowners were pretty scarce at the time of the founding.

These days, simply “landowner” would be sufficient, as married people both own the property.


23 posted on 11/24/2008 11:44:30 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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