... lands not used for religious purposes must be sold and lands held in common by Indian communities be distributed to individual villagers (Prescott 110-115). Later, reformers drafted a new constitution, which would provide a legal base for the reform (Meyer and William 156). The Constitution of 1857 outlawed slavery and abridgments of freedom of speech or press; it abolished special courts and prohibited ... ...

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