Celebrating Rights and 
Responsibilities
Baltimore & the Fifteenth Amendment, May 19, 1870
An Interactive Historical Investigation by David Troy © 1996
Education. Frederick Douglass, pictured here, spoke of the "Knowledge Box," as a necessary companion to the ballot box and the jury box. See his speech, made during the celebration in Baltimore, for more details.

The text of the Fifteenth Amendment follows across the arches.


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