During Reconstruction in the South, poll taxes were used to: deny African American citizens participation in government
Poll tax required people to pay a certain amount of money before those people can use their right to vote and privileges for government program. Since the African American was really poor at that time, very few of them able to pay this and use their right to vote.
During Reconstruction in the South, poll taxes were used to deny African American citizens participation in government.
This was referred to a fixed amount per person levied on adults and often linked to the right to vote.
The poll tax ensured that African American citizens participation in government was denied as they weren't levied.
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