The Fifteenth Amendment

Sale 2105 - Lot 49

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The Fifteenth Amendment. Elaborate hand-colored lithographed print, 21 3/4x28 inches sheet size with a central image of black Zouaves on parade, surrounded by a border of vignette portraits of Lincoln, John Brown, Frederick Douglass and others, plus scenes of military and domestic life. Matted. A nice copy. New York: Kelly, 1870

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One of two versions appearing simultaneously. Some of the scenes show what life was like before and after emancipation. Library of Congress, American Political Prints, 1776-1886, #1870-4; LCP Negro History 1553-1903, # 225.