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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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Item 12 of 14 in the Primary Source Set Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

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An 1879 photographic portrait of Frederick Douglass.
A photographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln, taken on October 11, 1858, two days before his sixth debate with Stephen Douglas.
An excerpt from the 1899 Charles Chesnutt biography of Frederick Douglass.
An excerpt from the 1847 Frederick Douglass speech given for the anniversary of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
The text of Frederick Douglass’s most famous speech, given in 1852, “What, to a slave, is the Fourth of July?”
A chapter describing Douglass’s early encounters with abolitionists, from his autobiography My Bondage and My Freedom, 1857.
An excerpt from a late nineteenth-century biography of Abraham Lincoln written by Noah Brooks.
The texts of two Lincoln speeches, one on the Dred Scott decision and the First Inaugural Address.
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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