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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
            