Poll Tax Receipt

Files

poll-tax-reciept.jpg

Title

Poll Tax Receipt

Subject

A poll tax receipt

Description

Citizens were required to pay a poll tax to register to vote. These fees restricted poor African Americans from voting. This receipt is from Birmingham, Alabama in 1896. The poll tax was for the entire year.

Source

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Date

1896

Format

Receipt

Citation

“Poll Tax Receipt,” Digital Exhibits, accessed March 28, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.libraries.wsu.edu/items/show/5489.