capitation tax
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During the colonial period and, at times, after the Revolution, Negroes paid a capitation tax.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various
There was no poor rate, no capitation tax, no tithes, or ecclesiastical rates of any kind.
From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson
Every male child was registered as soon as born; at 18 he began to pay the capitation tax; and at 80 was entitled to a pension.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by William Stevenson
Provision was made for the capitation tax in the Constitution of 1867-68.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various
Whilst he abolished the capitation tax on Hindus and the tax upon Hindu pilgrims, he forbade infant marriages and, short of absolute prohibition, did all he could to discountenance the self-immolation of Hindu widows.
From India, Old and New by Sir Valentine Chirol
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