The Holy Ordinances of Religion Are Free. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870
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Title
The Holy Ordinances of Religion Are Free. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870
Subject
African Americans, religion
Description
In this detail of his lithograph celebrating the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, James Carter Beard illustrated the ability of African Americans to take the pulpit and pastor churches in the South, where they had long been denied that right prior to emancipation.
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
15 Amendment DET Church 13_1162_009
Coverage
United States
Citation
James Carter Beard, “The Holy Ordinances of Religion Are Free. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/561.