1867 HISTORIC FIRST VOTE BOUND Vol. HARPERS WEEKLY FULL BLACK AMERICANA Nast Mag

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Rare and HISTORIC bound complete year of 1867 Harpers Weekly - A journal of Civilization American Political Magazine.
Includes the famous:
“The First Vote,” illustration by A.R. Waud,
Harper’s Weekly
, November 16, 1867
African American men gained the right to vote with ratification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, but Southern states quickly instituted poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses to deny them access to the ballot box.
From Library of Virginia: Artist Alfred Rudolph Waud depicted "The First Vote" of African Americans in Virginia in the November 16, 1867, issue of
Harper's Weekly
magazine. Twenty-four African Americans won election to the 1867–1868 Virginia Constitutional Convention, which created the Underwood Constitution (named for John C. Underwood, the federal judge who was president of the convention) that granted the vote to African American men but disenfranchised some former Confederates. When it was ratified late in 1869 and went into effect in January 1870, the provisions that disenfranchised former Confederates were deleted, and for the first time all adult Virginia men had the right to vote. That ended Congressional Reconstruction in Virginia. That same year, ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibited the states from denying any man the right to vote because of his "race, color, or previous condition of servitude," meaning having been held in slavery.
Also included in the volume is:
The Scene on a Mississippi River Steamer, the Parting Song. Another fantastic engraving by A.R. Waud. The desirable Champion Nine Baseball engraving and the Homeward Bound Homer Engraving are also in this volume. I have not gone though each page individually so there are likely many more amazing issues and engravings in the volume. The volume appears complete to me. The fact that these wonderful illustrations are still present is a good indicator that the rest of the book is complete.
As you can see the binding is in poor condition. Both Covers detached from spine. You would be able to re-bind or separate and frame, display individually.
Any questions just ask. Will ship with extra care. If there is a particular print you'd like to see a photo of just message me and I'll be happy to send you a picture.