This unconstitutional act eventually caused a stir among citizens. This included women and black men. Foner writes, “After several states that had allowed black men to vote, including Connecticut, New York, and Tennessee, either eliminated the right entirely or added property qualifications so high that few could qualify.” It wasn't until Pennsylvania, which had the largest free black community at the time, denounced its right to vote. This is what ultimately prompted a large community protest known as the “Forty Thousand Citizens Appeal.” This protest was held in Philadelphia and was brought together by common ground. At this point the United States government was run by people who did not have the best interest of the country at hand. This country was not led by the people as a democracy should 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 engaged for revision and amendment, should tear up and throw away its first principle? Is it the duty of the Convention to deny [that all men are born equally free], by making political rights dependent on the skin into which a man is born? Or to divide what our fathers bled to unite, namely, TAXES and