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Freedmens First Vote

Photograph of the first Anderson County Courthouse on the day of the Freedmen's First Vote. The voters' horses are tied to the railing and the Union guards watching over them to prevent opposition from taking or harming them.
Date: 1866~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Freedmens First Vote - Anderson County Courthouse]

This photo shows the military presence protecting African American's when they came to the Anderson County courthouse to vote for the first time in 1869.
Date: 1869
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History