Raynor HCA 2013-01
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/10/2013
A complete and authentic issue of the Harper’s Weekly, November 16, 1867, 16pp., disbound, repaired spine,VG. One of the most impressive front covers is this “The First Vote - Drawn by A.R. Waud.” The engraving shows Black men in line to cast their vote. There is a related report on the following page, in part, “...The freedmen are marching to the ballot-box to deposit their first vote, not with expressions of exultation or of defiance of their former masters and present opponents depicted on their countenances, but looking serious and solemn and determined ..."
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