Freedom Unites the Family Circle: Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th, 1870
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Title
Freedom Unites the Family Circle: Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th, 1870
Subject
African Americans, family
Description
In this detail of his lithograph celebrating the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, James Carter Beard illustrated the ability of African Americans families to live together without facing the threat of separation as had been the case under slavery.
Creator
James Carter Beard
Source
Library of Virginia, Prints and Photographs Division
Publisher
Thomas Kelly
Date
1870-1871
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
CC BY-SA
Format
JPG
Type
lithograph
Identifier
15th Amendment DET Family 13_1162_009
Coverage
United States
Citation
James Carter Beard, “Freedom Unites the Family Circle: Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th, 1870,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed April 16, 2024, https://www.virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/513.