poll tax
Example Sentences
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Thoreau believed slavery was morally reprehensible, and refused to pay a poll tax supporting the government that allowed it.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
Thoreau spent a night in jail for refusing to pay a poll tax, objecting to slavery and the Mexican War.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
Suttles that upheld the constitutionality of the poll tax.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2024
That history motivates former Democratic Senator Rodney Ellis, who sponsored the Senate resolution to abolish the poll tax and remove the old stigma.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 20, 2023
Here’s the poll tax gone, and more and more states passin’ anti-lynchin’ bills, and all kinds of equal rights.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
