File:FreedmenVotingInNewOrleans1867.jpeg

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"Freedmen Voting in New Orleans" 1867 engraving showing African Americans who were enslaved but a couple years earlier participating in election.

Date

1867

Source

19th century illustration via New York Public Library Digital Collection at

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