On March 30, 1870 the Secretary of State at that time, Hamilton Fish, issued a proclamation of the ratification of the The 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. The 15th Amendment officially gave African American men the right to vote, declaring the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
Sincerely,
TSH
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