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Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
The original document of the Joint Resolution proposing the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1869.

The original document of the Joint Resolution proposing the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1869.

Transcription:

Fortieth Congress of the United States of America;
At the third Session,
Begun and held at the city of Washington, on Monday, the seventh day of December, on thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
A RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Resolve by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(two-thirds of both Houses concurring) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures shall be valid as part of the Constitution, namely:
Article XV.
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude—
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation—
Schuyler Colfax [[object Object]]
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
B F Wade [[object Object]]
President of the Senate pro tempore.

Attn:
[[object Object]]
Clerk of House of Representatives.

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Citation Information
“Joint Resolution Proposing the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/e303ab9c19a13d03a091b5a2b50e7822.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.

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The Emancipation Proclamation, issued January 1, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln.
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The original document of the Joint Resolution proposing the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1869.
Printed song lyrics to a song called “The Fifteenth Amendment,” circa 1870.
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