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Question: Will the Amendment, if adopted, disfranchise the Negro? Answer: The chief object of the Amendment is to eliminate the ignorant and irresponsible Negro vote. Question: Will the Amendment disfranchise the uneducated white man? Answer: Why certainly not. The object of the Grandfather Clause is to protect forever the entire body of the uneducated white vote of the state in their right to vote.
Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
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