History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1364 short lesson, about 20 seconds
New York's Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
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The idea
New York required men of colour to hold property worth over two hundred fifty dollars to vote, while removing property requirements for White men entirely.
In practice
One constitution containing both provisions.
Where people slip
A property test applied to one race and abolished for another is a racial test wearing a property test's clothes.
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