In the 1870s, the southern states began to enact poll taxes to

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Poll taxes were enacted in the southern states in the 1870s with the intention to reduce the political power of African Americans. The tax required citizens to pay a fee in order to vote, which disproportionately affected African Americans who were often poor and could not afford the tax. This was a deliberate attempt to suppress the voting rights of Black citizens and maintain white supremacy in the South.

In the 1870s, the Southern States Began to Enact Poll