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feb 3, 1870 - The 15th Amendment

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The 15th Amendment protected the voting rights of African Americans/all freed enslaved persons from the states that wanted to make it harder for them to vote. There were still ways around this that some states took advantage of, such as poll taxes and literacy tests.

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feb 3, 1870
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~ 155 years ago

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