An 1869 broadside in response to the proposed Fifteenth Amendment, titled “Republicans! Democrats! A Word with you about Negro Suffrage.”

This broadside is signed Oliver Ellsworth. Ellsworth (1745 to 1807) was a “founding father” who helped to draft the US Constitution, served as a senator from Connecticut, and was the third Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The creator of this broadside likely used Ellsworth’s name as a pseudonym.

Citation Information
“Republicans! Democrats! : A word with you about Negro suffrage,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/2545c9cbe5467d83bd2a0a67f9bc6f38.
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Courtesy of New York State Library via Empire State Digital Network.

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