Historical Letter: A letter from April 1870, written by Samuel May to Richard Davis Webb, mentioning Boston’s celebration of the Fifteenth Amendment.
Title
Historical Letter: A letter from April 1870, written by Samuel May to Richard Davis Webb, mentioning Boston’s celebration of the Fifteenth Amendment.
Date
c. 1870
Type
Historical Letter
Description
The Digital Public Library of America presents an 1870 historical letter, written by Samuel May to Richard Davis Webb, that provides an account of the celebration of the enactment of the 15th Amendment--which prohibits the denial of suffrage to any United States citizens based off of race--in Boston, Massachusetts, in which the account claims that both black and white citizens participated.
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Digital Public Library of America
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“Historical Letter: A letter from April 1870, written by Samuel May to Richard Davis Webb, mentioning Boston’s celebration of the Fifteenth Amendment.,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 15, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/1043.