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April 27, 1870

THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 27, 1870

* 15th Fifteenth Amendment taking effect
* Blacks celebrate voting rights


Page 4 has the heading: "Celebrating the Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment". The article includes: "A large meeting of colored citizens was held last evening in Cosmopolitan Hall, No. 97 Sixth-avenue, to commemorate the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment".
Other news of the day is found throughout (see images).
Complete in 8 pages, light toning along vertical and central folds, nice condition.

Category: Post-Civil War