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Listen: The Gospel Program"The First Vote" of African Americans in Virginia.
Image Number
DLN004262
Photographer
Waud, Alfred R.(Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891.
Date
1867
Rights
Collection
Digital collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Political leadership
Polling places
Illustrated periodicals
Voters
Engravings (Prints)
Periodical illustrations
African Americans--Political activity
African Americans--Civil rights
Blacks--Civil rights
Civil rights
Political rights
Suffrage
Blacks--Suffrage
Politics, Practical
Elections
Voting
Wood-engraving
African Americans in art
African Americans--Suffrage
Polling places
Illustrated periodicals
Voters
Engravings (Prints)
Periodical illustrations
African Americans--Political activity
African Americans--Civil rights
Blacks--Civil rights
Civil rights
Political rights
Suffrage
Blacks--Suffrage
Politics, Practical
Elections
Voting
Wood-engraving
African Americans in art
African Americans--Suffrage
Physical Description
1 digital image - b&w
General Note
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 11, no. 568 (1867 November 16), title page (p. 721).
This illustration titled "The First Vote" shows African American men, dressed according to their profession, lined up to vote, a right later granted to them by the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870.
"The First Vote" of African Americans in Virginia.
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