5 sentences with 'disenfranchised'
Example sentences and phrases with the word disenfranchised and other words derived from it.
• « In another sharp contrast to Roman practice, Christianity saw disenfranchised groups such as women and the poor (not to mention poor women) play an important role in the organisation of the church, especially before "official" Christianity was born under Constantine. »
• « In July 1830, angered by the growing strength of liberalism, Charles X disenfranchised most of those who had been allowed to vote and further restricted freedom of the press. »
• « There would be no property restrictions on voting - although women remained disenfranchised, as everywhere else - and never again would a monarch occupy the throne of France simply because of his dynastic birth. »
• « However, this expansion of political power was limited to white men; women, free blacks and Indians remained - or became increasingly - disenfranchised in the American political system. »
• « At the same time, however, New York effectively disenfranchised free black men in 1822 (black men had had the right to vote under the 1777 constitution) by requiring that "coloured men" must own property worth more than $250. »