A citizen without the ballot in America is in fact, whatever he may be in law, a de-citizenized man--exposed in consequence to the enmities, the jealousies, the insults and the violence of other citizens who are more fortunate in this regard.
Here, Grimké argues that lacking the right to vote effectively strips a person of their citizenship.
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