Excerpt from The Knowledge Qualification

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

UUID

4ced9836-bf9a-40c9-beb5-77d2315c7657

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