University Archives

Title: Impartial Citizen - September 26, 1849

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Impartial Citizen (1849 - 1851)

The writer asserts that the basis for governmental taxation should be on a man's ability to pay and not the amount of property he owns.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: Cazenovia; government; property; tax payer; taxes

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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