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Victoria C. Woodhull: “Here would be a basis of equity which would forever prevent the accumulation in the hands of any few persons, of vast…”

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Here would be a basis of equity which would forever prevent the accumulation in the hands of any few persons, of vast quantities of real estate, which is the real basis of all securities.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull proposes a system that prevents vast land accumulation by a few, promoting equity.

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