This unconstitutional act ultimately caused an uproar among citizens. This included black women and men. Foner writes: "After several states that allowed black men to vote, including Connecticut, New York, and Tennessee, either removed the right altogether or added property qualifications so high that few could do so. pretend. » It was not until Pennsylvania, which at the time had the largest free black community, denounced their right to vote. This is what ultimately sparked a large community protest known as the “Forty Thousand Citizens’ Call.” This protest took place in Philadelphia and was united around common ground. The United States government was then run by people who did not have the best interests of the country. This country was not run by the people like a democracy is supposed to be, but by a small group of rich white people. “Was it the intention of the people of this Commonwealth that the convention to which the Constitution was submitted for revision and amendment should tear up and reject its first principle? Was the Convention's mission to deny [that all men are born equally free], by making political rights dependent on the skin in which a man is born? Or to divide what our fathers bled united for, namely TAXATION and