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United States House of Representatives passes the Fifteenth Amendment.

U.S. House passes the Fifteenth Amendment.

United States Senate passes the Fifteenth Amendment.

The United States Senate passes the Fifteenth Amendment on February 3, 1870.

February 7, 1866, Congressional Globe. Pages 702-708.

This debate between Republican moderates and Radical reinforced that everyone is protected under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Liberty, and Equality Before The Law. : Proceedings of The Convention of The Colored People of VA., Held in The City of Alexandria, AUG. 2, 3, 4, 5, 1865.

Freedmen in Alexandria meet and demand the right to vote at the end of the United States Civil War.

Pamphlet.

Encyclopedia of events within the United States for the year 1867.

The Evening Star March 5, 1867.

The Evening Star reports on the Alexandria election.

The Farmer's Cabinet. March 14, 1867. Page 2.

Freedmen were denied the right to vote. Therefore, they created polling stations of their own. Their votes were not counted but they demonstrated…

An Act to establish the Freedmen's Bureau and Abandoned Lands.

Harper's Weekly June 2, 1866. A Sign in Virginia.

The Virginia Union Convention organized the Republican Party of Virginia and led to subsequent events that resulted in Freedmen suffrage at the end of…