An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting, at the Presidential Election in Nov., 1872, and on the Trial of Beverly W. Jones, Edwin T. Marsh, and William B. Hall, the Inspectors of Election by Whom Her Vote was Received.

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Step into one of the most daring acts of civil disobedience in American history. This transcript documents the 1872 trial of Susan B. Anthony, who was arrested and prosecuted for voting in the presidential election — a deliberate act of defiance designed to force the nation to confront the injustice of denying women the right to vote. Through her own testimony and the courtroom proceedings, Anthony's argument is not just a legal defense but a moral indictment of the laws that disenfranchised half the population.\n\nAccompanying the trial of Anthony are the testimonies of the election officials who allowed her vote, each facing their own legal consequences. The text captures the tension of a courtroom where the law was used against the woman seeking to change it, making it essential reading for students of American law, women's rights history, and the evolution of civil liberties. The original 1872 proceedings are preserved in full, offering an unfiltered look at the trial that helped define the suffrage movement.