To: rmlew
And they were granted full citizenship.
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were they allowed to vote and own land ???
To: Tennessee Nana
were they allowed to vote and own land ???
Yes, they could purchase land. And landowners of sufficient property could vote. Those who lacked the wealth to vote were no different than poor whites and were far better off than the thousands of loyalist slaves and runaways that the British sent into slavery in the Caribbean.
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07/06/2011 11:38:28 AM PDT by
rmlew
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