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They made literacy tests an easy way to prevent freed slaves from voting...apex

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Jim Crow laws used this to stop former slaves from voting. To vote they had to read a section of the constitution, pay a poll tax, and write their name. Since they weren't allowed to learn to read or write it was a guarantee they couldn't vote.

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