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The Articles of Confederation asserted the privileges of free citizens to all free inhabitants with the exception of “paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives”. Why did they feel it necessary to deny full citizenship to the poor and homeless, and why was this exception removed from the Constitution?

by /u/AbouBenAdhem in /r/AskHistorians

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