The cover page to the Illustrated London News of March 6,1869 announcing "Congress has passed a Constitutional Amendment to the following effect - that "no discrimination shall be made in the United States, among the citizens of the United States in the exercise of the elective franchise , or in the right to hold office in any State, on account of race, colour, nativity, property, education, or creed....".

It took another 12 months for the amendment to be ratified - see below

Good condition. Related text continues to the reverse - see scan. Page size 11 x 16 inches

This is an original antique publication and not a reproduction . Great collectors items for the historian - see more of these in Seller's Other Items which can be combined for mailing.

Note: International mailing in a tube is expensive ($21.50). The quoted rate assumes the page is lightly folded and mailed in a large envelope.