1867 Black Man Votes "Ballot Box" Predates "First Vote" Indian Delegation Mar 16
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🗞️ HARPER'S WEEKLY · March 16, 1867
Complete Issue · New York
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A historically exceptional issue — "The Negro at the Ballot Box," showing a Black man voting, published eight months before the famous "The First Vote" of November 1867 and just two weeks after Congress passed the first Reconstruction Act mandating Black male suffrage in the South. Combined with Indian delegations meeting the President and an early New York Fire Department hose carriage, this is a primary document of civil rights history at its most urgent moment.
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✊ "THE NEGRO AT THE BALLOT BOX" — HISTORIC CIVIL RIGHTS PRINT
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🗳️ HALF PAGE — "THE NEGRO AT THE BALLOT BOX"
A half-page illustration of a Black man at the ballot box — published on March 16, 1867, just fourteen days after Congress passed the first Reconstruction Act on March 2, mandating that former Confederate states hold new constitutional conventions with Black male voters participating. This illustration predates the celebrated "The First Vote" (A.R. Waud, November 16, 1867) — the most famous image of Black suffrage in American history — by a full eight months, making it one of the earliest published illustrations of Black male voting rights in the American illustrated press. Published at the exact moment Congress was forcing the issue of Black suffrage upon the South over President Johnson's fierce opposition, "The Negro at the Ballot Box" is a primary document of the Reconstruction-era civil rights movement at its most pivotal legislative moment. A significant, rare, and historically important piece of Black American history and civil rights history — and a companion piece to the "First Vote" for any serious collection.
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🪶 INDIAN DELEGATIONS AT WASHINGTON
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👤 FULL PAGE — "INDIAN DELEGATIONS AT WASHINGTON — PRESENTATION TO THE PRESIDENT"
A full-page illustration of Native American delegations being presented to President Andrew Johnson at the White House — a significant piece of Native American diplomatic history and federal Indian policy in the immediate post-Civil War era. The practice of bringing tribal leaders to Washington for formal presentations to the President was one of the central rituals of 19th-century American Indian diplomacy, simultaneously honoring and patronizing the sovereign nations it purported to treat with. A significant piece of Native American history and Washington political history.
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🚒 NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT
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🚒 ILLUSTRATION — "EARLY HOSE CARRIAGE OF THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT"
An illustration of an early hose carriage of the New York Fire Department — a significant piece of New York City fire service history, documenting the horse-drawn equipment of one of the world's great urban fire departments in the years before steam-powered apparatus became standard. A vivid piece of FDNY and New York City history.
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I photograph every page of every issue so you can inspect the condition closely before purchasing. Please review all images carefully and don't hesitate to ask any questions — I'm happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you buy.
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Publication ········ Harper's Weekly
Date ··············· March 16, 1867
City ··············· New York
Format ············· Illustrated newspaper, complete in 16 pages
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1867 Black Man Votes "Ballot Box" Predates "First Vote" Indian Delegation Mar 16
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