Baltimore & the Fifteenth Amendment, May 19, 1870
An Interactive Historical Investigation by David Troy © 1996
| THIS FIFTEENTH
AMENDMENT
TOY
was probably sold on the streets of Baltimore during or shortly after the
parade. See the
Sun and the
American for a description of the "parade float" that probably
inspired this toy.
Try to count the number of stars on the flag. There were only 37 states in 1870. This picture was printed in American Heritage in 1980. How can you explain the discrepancy? |
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