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Liberty Farm and No Taxation

“No Taxation without Representation” has been an American saying since the Revolutionary War. Yet in the 19th century, all residents were ordered to pay local property taxes, even if many did not have the right to vote. In 1872, the Fosters protested this decision by not paying property taxes for Liberty Farm. As seen in this letter, the city of Worcester attempted to sell the farm in order to receive some of the money. However, the Fosters alerted their sympathetic friends to the predicament, and the friends bought back the farm at a low price. Image shown: A Letter form Abby Kelley Foster to Thomas Wentworth Higginson about Bidding for Liberty Farm (Boston Public Library)

“No Taxation without Representation” has been an American saying since the Revolutionary War. Yet in the 19th century, all residents were ordered to pay local property taxes, even if many did not have the right to vote. In 1872, the Fosters protested this decision by not paying property taxes for Liberty Farm. As seen in this letter, the city of Worcester attempted to sell the farm in order to receive some of the money. However, the Fosters alerted their sympathetic friends to the predicament, and the friends bought back the farm at a low price. Image shown: A Letter form Abby Kelley Foster to Thomas Wentworth Higginson about Bidding for Liberty Farm (Boston Public Library)

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