#OnThisDay, 21 Jan 1648, Margaret Brent demands the right to sit on the Maryland council in her dual roles as a land-owner and Lord Baltimore's attorney.
She was denied, and left saying she "Protested against all proceedings in this present assembly unless she may be present and have vote."
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