(RECONSTRUCTION) James C Beard; artist The Fifteenth Amendme

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(RECONSTRUCTION.) James C. Beard; artist. The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th 1870. Hand-colored lithograph, 24 x 30 inches; several closed edge tears (one extending into image), soiled, mat toning; laid down on linen. New York: Thomas Kelly, 1870

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The central image depicts a Black zouave regiment on parade, celebrating the passage of the 15th Amendment. It is surrounded by portraits of key figures from the recent struggle, including (at top center) Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and Hiram Revels, as well as Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, and Ulysses Grant. The portraits are interspersed with 11 vignettes with captions like "We till our own fields," "Education will prove the equality of the races," and "the ballot box is open to us." Reilly, American Political Prints 1870-4.