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Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

Printed song lyrics to a song called “The Fifteenth Amendment,” circa 1870.

Printed song lyrics to a song called “The Fifteenth Amendment,” circa 1870.

An anti-slavery song sung to the tune of "I think when I read that sweet story of old.”

Citation Information: Simpson, Joshua McCarter, “Printed song lyrics: ‘The Fifteenth Amendment,’ Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/e1c79c3b92b492a034ba0a0c50e4a5ac.

Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

Courtesy of the Missouri History Museum via Missouri Hub.

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The Emancipation Proclamation, issued January 1, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln.

An 1888 reminiscence by Frederick Douglass about Abraham Lincoln.

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.

An 1876 speech given by Frederick Douglass at the unveiling of the Freedmen’s Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington, DC.

A photograph of Freedmen’s Statue, which was created by Thomas Ball, located in Lincoln Park in Washington, DC.

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