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Colored Ratification Meeting

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@ Knox College

Galesburg Republican

Description

Announcement in the Galesburg Republican newspaper, April 16, 1870, for a celebration, to be held in Galesburg, Illinois, of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting the right to vote to African Americans.

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Knox College

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Illinois Digital Heritage Hub