New York City - Demonstration of the colored inhabitants of New York in honor of the adoption of the fifteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States - Friday April 8, 1870
Image of bands, horses, and groups of people parading down a street in New York in a demonstration in honor of the passage of the fifteenth amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted the right to vote to African American men in the United States; buildings along street in background. "April 30, 1870.] Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. 105"--text, left margin. Newspaper column text on verso.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : hand colored ; overall 27.46 x 40.01 cm (10 13/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
African Americans--Pictorial works Buildings--Pictorial works Demonstrations--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Parades--Pictorial works Intaglio prints--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Place
New York (N.Y.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Politics & Social Issues Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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