Liberty Protects the Marriage Altar: Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th, 1870
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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
Citation
James Carter Beard, “Liberty Protects the Marriage Altar: Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th, 1870,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed November 24, 2024, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/514.