Liberty Protects the Marriage Altar: Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th, 1870

15th Amendment DET Marriage 13-1162-009.jpg

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Title

Liberty Protects the Marriage Altar: Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th, 1870

Subject

African Americans, marriage, family

Description

In this detail of his lithograph celebrating the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, James Carter Beard illustrated the ability of African Americans ability to marry legally, a right they had been forbidden 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 Marriage 13-1162-009

Coverage

United States