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[RECONSTRUCTION - SUFFRAGE]. Attention! Voters! Don\'t Be Deceived. Every vote for the Republican Ticket is a vote in favor of Negro Suffrage! [New Jersey]: n.p., ca 1867.
Estimate: $7,000-$9,000
Sold
$6,500
Live Auction
American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Location
Cincinnati
Description
[RECONSTRUCTION - SUFFRAGE]. Attention! Voters! Don't Be Deceived. Every vote for the Republican Ticket is a vote in favor of Negro Suffrage! [New Jersey]: n.p., ca 1867.
12 x 18 3/4 in. letterpress broadside (backed with archival fibrous paper, having some areas of loss, some separation along creases, and areas of spotting and dampstaining); matted and framed to 15 3/8 x 22 1/4 in.
This campaign broadside urges voters to cast their ballots for Charles T. Molony, declaring that "Every Vote for Charles T. Molony is a Vote Against Negro Suffrage."
According to the 1905 Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Charles T. Molony served as a New Jersey State Assemblyman, representing Gloucester County, in 1868.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Condition
Freeman's I Hindman strives to describe historic materials in a manner that is respectful to all communities, providing descriptive contexts for objects where possible. The nature of historical ephemera is such that some material may represent positions, language, values, and stereotypes that are not consistent with the current values and practices at Freeman's I Hindman.