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285 ● (CIVIL RIGHTS—SUFFRAGE.)
SMITH, JAMES MCCUNE. The
Suffrage Question in Relation to
Colored Voters in New York. Single
small 4to leaf, folded to form four pages,
printed on all four; paper evenly toned;
professional archival paper repair to what
forms the “spine.”
New York: The New York City and
County Suffrage Committee of
Colored Citizens, [1859] [800/1,200]
A rare flyer from the colored citizens of New
York, signed in type by James McCune Smith,
one of the leaders of the community. The
authorsof the flyer are proposing an
Amendment to the New York Constitution to
allow men of color to vote in the November
1860 election. The writers point out that
according to the Constitution of 1777, all male
citizens of the state had the right to vote. Rare,
OCLC locates only four copies.
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284 ● (CIVIL RIGHTS—SEGREGATION.) All Colored Trade Must Take Their
Eats & Drinks Outside. Cardboard sign with stenciled lettering; heavily chipped and
worn but still quite readable, framed. A note next to the sign itself reads: From the Bridge
Restaurant, Route 404, Denton MD, ‘Part of the past.’
Maryland, circa 1940’s-1950’s [800/1,200]