Description:

"THE FIRST VOTE"
Full-page lithograph illustration, 9 1/2" x 14 1/2", the front cover of the Nov. 16, 1867 edition of "Harper''s Weekly" magazine. Entitled "The First Vote", the illustration depicts a line of black voters, including a stonemason and a federal soldier, casting their ballots beneath an American flag awning. The image was executed by Alfred Waud, whose illustrations were prominently featured in Harper''s throughout the Civil War era. The illustration symbolizes voting by former slaves in the post-Civil War south, with the support of the Union army. It predates the 1870 ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, which allowed all American citizens to vote regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Matted and framed, with slight soiling, else very good.

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April 7, 2017 2:00 PM EDT
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