feb 26, 1869 - 15th amendment passed

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| WHAT: | gave black men suffrage | REACTION: | bitterly opposed by democratic party, but ratified 1870 | GARRISON: | “Nothing in all history... [equaled] this wonderful, quiet, sudden transformation of four millions of human beings from … the auction-block to the ballot-box | EFFECT: | led to 2 blacks in senate, 20 in congress | quickly dwindled; last black left congress in 1901

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