<I>Fifteenth Amendment</I>
date: label: Date
content: February 15, 1871
name: label: Written by
content: Francis Preston Blair Jr., American, 1821 - 1875
label: Subject of
content: United States Congress, American, founded 1789
notes: label: Description
content: An edition of a speech by Congressman Francis P. Blair printed in black ink on off-white wove paper in a center bound booklet. There is no separate cover or title page, the first page of text begins with the heading [FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. / SPEECH / OF / HON. FRANCIS P. BLAIR, / OF MISSOURI, / IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, FEBRUARY 15, 1871]. There are 8 pages, only partially still bound.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place made
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Oratory
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.26.42.10
objectType: label: Type
content: speeches
label: Type
content: booklets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 8 3/4 × 5 11/16 in. (22.3 × 14.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 8 3/4 × 11 7/16 in. (22.3 × 29 cm)