Frederick Douglass - #OTD March 30, 1870: The 15th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the denial of the right to vote on account of race, is declared ratified. Our volume RECONSTRUCTION has writings on the amendment by U.S. Grant, Frederick Douglass, and others: https://t.co/C6KEoPenOL https://t.co/QDL15Oem9n

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#OTD March 30, 1870: The 15th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the denial of the right to vote on account of race, is declared ratified. Our volume RECONSTRUCTION has writings on the amendment by U.S. Grant, Frederick Douglass, and others: https://t.co/C6KEoPenOL https://t.co/QDL15Oem9n

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