Title
Excerpt from The Knowledge Qualification
Identifier
RAD128
Description
In this excerpt from his essay, The Knowledge Qualification, James Adam, editor of the Radical Aberdeen newspaper, The Aberdeen Herald, argues that education and civil rights are vital for all people. Instead of the £10 voting qualification, people should qualify to vote by attaining a certain standard of intelligence.
Date
created in 1837
Creator
James Adam
Source
printed paper pamphlet
Publisher
G Cornwall, printer at the Herald Office, Aberdeen
Rights
University of Aberdeen