This is done, not by an express denial to them of the right of suffrage, but by ingenious provisions, which exclude them on the alleged ground of ignorance, while permitting all of the white race, however ignorant, to vote at all elections.
Sherman critiques the methods used to disenfranchise African Americans while allowing ignorant white voters to participate.
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