THE FIRST VOTE, by A.R. Waud, 1867, wood engraving
THE FIRST VOTE, by A.R. Waud, 1867, wood engraving published in Harpers Weekly. An elderly African American is at the head of a line of voters waiting to cast their ballots. 1867 heralded the end of Andrew Johnsons Presidential Reconstruction which favored the restoration of white domination of southern civil society. This image celebrates its replacement by Congressional Reconstruction, led by the Radical Republicans, and accompanied by military occupation to defend emancipated African Americans civil rights
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