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Why did southerners want to stop Africans from voting

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Answer:

to ensure the inequality of the state they lived in

Step-by-step explanation:

Preventing them from freedom and having a voice in the government around them

User Celticminstrel
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Answer: the southerners were racist and didn't want the blacks to gain power in their government so they made things like poll taxes or literacy tests.

Explanation: :)))

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