Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: The Fifteenth Amendment celebrated May 19th, 1870.

Barcode: 58145

Image Number: 58145.0001

Creator: Beard, James Carter

Publishing Location: New York

Brief Description: Hand colored lithograph depicting a parade in the city of Baltimore celebrating the passage of the fifteenth amendment on March 30, 1870. The amendment granted African-American men the right to vote. The parade lasted five hours and was a mile long and drew over 20,000 spectators. The lithograph depicts parade floats, black troops and freemasons and vignettes that include bust portraits of President Ulysses S. Grant, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln and Mississippi senator Hiram Revels. All rights are granted and represented in scenes showing education equality, religious freedom, marriage rights, the family united in freedom.

Publisher: Kelly, Thomas

Date/Date Range Published: 1870

Language: English

Region Depicted: Baltimore, Maryland

Map Type: Historical maps

Dimensions: 48 x 65 cm on sheet 58 x 74 cm

Historical Context: The fifteenth amendment was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869 and ratified February 3, 1870. The amendment gave African-American men the right to vote.

LC Call Number: JK 1924 1870.B4

OCLC: 1369069014

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/58145.0001