More and more the Southern States are making one of the conditions for voting, the ownership of at least $300 worth of property, so that persons who own homes will not only reap the benefits that come from owning a home, in other directions, but will also find themselves entitled to cast their ballot.
Washington highlights the connection between property ownership and voting rights in the Southern States.
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Until that question was asked it had never occurred to me that there was no period of my life that was devoted to play.
Despite this disappointment, however, I determined that I would learn something, anyway.
The hurtful influences of the institution were not by any means confined to the Negro.
When freedom came, the slaves were almost as well fitted to begin life anew as the master, except in the matter of book-learning and ownership of property.