"If God be for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:31, subheading of The Freedman's Torchlight
In the early 1800s in New York, political enfranchisement for freed Black people was directly determined by whether or not they owned land. While white men could vote no matter if they had any land, free Black men were required to own $250 worth of taxable property.
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"If God be for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:31, subheading of The Freedman's Torchlight
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