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Why was south carolina required to call a convention and write a new constituion

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The new document provided for population alone, other than wealth or the combination of wealth and population, as for the basis for House representation. Additionally, the 1868 constitution abolished debtors’ prison, provided for public education, abolished property ownership as a qualification for office holding, granted some rights to women, and created counties
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