The United States of America: Creating the Disabled Citizen

This article explores the creation of a specific type of disenfranchisement - namely, that of disabled persons - under Massachusetts law in the first half of the nineteenth century within a context of the economic themes that shaped this particular policy. Contemporary implications are then drawn from this historical analysis, placing current electoral structures within a larger, more informed framework.

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